Coalition

French Barkhane force soldiers who wrapped up a four-month tour of duty in the Sahel board a US Air Force C130 transport plane, leave their base in Gao, Mali, Wednesday June 9, 2021.

Trust the process: Part II

Critical State

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into the function of ad-hoc organizations that are formed to address a specific crisis — and then often get dissolved when the crisis ends.

Supporters of the secular Nida Tounes (Call of Tunisia) party movement wave flags and shout slogans during parliamentary elections.

Secular parties won Tunisia’s election, but they may have to govern with Islamists

Global Politics

Libya Elections: Liberal Alliance Surging in Initial Results

Global Politics

The Problem with Coalitions

Conflict & Justice
The World

Strains within the Libya coalition

Global Politics

German Politics

The Greens lose their place in government as a new coalition between the conservatives and the Social Democrats forms in Germany.

The World

Forming Iraq’s next coalition government

Conflict & Justice

The complete results from Iraq’s election are not in yet. But the jockeying to form the next ruling coalition has already begun. Anchor David Baron speaks with Roger Hardy, the BBC’s Middle East analyst.