There should have been cameras, microphones, a director. The fear of provocation and manipulation should not have prevented the 200 or so Russian journalists gathered abroad from debating in broad daylight, because the world would then have been able to see another Russia, the real one.
Read MoreThe time has come. It has never been done before but, apart from the fact that the post becomes vacant in September, there would be three reasons to wish that a Frenchman became Secretary General of NATO.
Read MoreAs for the Atlantic Alliance, we know what he did to it. By invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin achieved the feat of rallying Sweden and Finland to NATO and of making Ukraine join it one day, but what about his other adversary, the European Union that he despised so much, whose weakness he wanted to demonstrate and which he intended disunite?
Read MoreMany are not paying much attention to it. Many see it as a non-event, since Vladimir Putin will not be sent to The Hague or even impeached, but by issuing an arrest warrant against him, the International Criminal Court has made history.
Read MoreWhat is the most important thing here? Is it that two such irreconcilable adversaries as Iran and Saudi Arabia announced on Friday 10 March that they would restore diplomatic relations within two months? Or is it that they did this from Beijing and thanks to China’s mediation?
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