News of allies

Zelenskyy’s plans to meet Brazil’s Lula at G7 fall through

22-05-2023 10:54 Ukrainian and Brazilian leaders fail to hold one-on-one talks while attending a summit in Japan.

G7 struggles to win over nations courted by China, Russia

22-05-2023 10:50 Heading into the G7 summit, the US and its allies knew they needed to do more to win over global swing nations also courted by China and Russia. The weekend meeting in Japan showed they face a long road ahead.

THE ECONOMIC INSIDERS

Meet the trio of key players backing Massa at the Economy Ministry

16-11-2022 10:54 Gabriel Rubinstein, Guillermo Michel and Lisandro Cleri are the officials who represent the eyes of Argentina’s Economy Minister Sergio Massa. Longtime and low-profile backers of the Tigre leader, their support is unconditional.

Opposition X-ray

Juntos now has more infighting within parties than between allies

21-10-2022 09:06 Radicals and PRO showing more tension between party colleagues than alliance partners. Meetings, whether public or secret, are drawing attention.

by Gabriel Ziblat

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Election showed Brazil's far-right was sold short, say analysts

06-10-2022 01:20 Jair Bolsonaro was not the only one to have a surprisingly strong night in Brazil's elections: the far-right incumbent's allies also outperformed expectations in key congressional and governor's races.

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Xi’s Olympic guest list is mostly leaders of non-democracies

03-02-2022 12:23 Chinese President Xi Jinping will host 21 world leaders at the Winter Olympics, and a majority of them preside over non-democratic regimes.

As I see it

Taking sides in the new cold war

24-07-2021 00:35 Joe Biden wants his country to lead a coalition of the willing to help him wage what, he hopes, will remain a cold war against China, Russia and other autocracies.

by James Neilson