Le Monde diplomatique - English edition

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Camel diplomacy Aug 28, 2025

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UAE: off to the (camel) races! Aug 28, 2025

Much prized in traditional Bedouin culture and frequently mentioned in the Quran, the camel is now the unlikely focus of a state-backed spectacle blending heritage and geopolitical ambition.

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Far right exploit Cuba's crisis Aug 28, 2025

Four years after mass protests, Cubans still face empty shelves and a political vacuum filled by far-right groups.

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The extortion state: how the EU helps Libya to turn migrants into cash Aug 28, 2025

The EU's push to curb Mediterranean crossings didn't create Libya's extortion economy, but has supercharged it, making migrants pawns in a lucrative game between the country's rival governments.

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The CIA and the Pentagon: an uneasy alliance Aug 28, 2025

The Pentagon and the CIA agree on US supremacy — but clash on how best to achieve it. Their rivalry has ebbed and flowed, but today's emphasis on technology is giving the CIA the edge

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Is Erdoğan's reelection in the hands of the Kurds? Aug 28, 2025

For President Erdoğan to seek a record, currently unlawful, fourth term in 2028, he needs parliamentary backing to rewrite the rules — and to confront the Kurdish question at home and in Syria.

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UK: Keir Starmer's year of cuts and climbdowns Aug 28, 2025

After a landslide election win, Labour's ratings have slumped. Austerity budgets and Thatcherite economics have many voters turning to Reform UK, the anti-immigrant party leading the polls.

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Germany: wages rise despite economic crisis Aug 28, 2025

Germany's economy is in crisis and its flagship companies, from Volkswagen to Siemens, are all announcing job cuts. Yet unions are managing to negotiate above-inflation pay rises. How so?

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Why won't China confront Israel? Aug 28, 2025

China once championed the anticolonial struggle and was quick to back the Palestinian cause. Today, despite rhetorical support and diplomatic gestures, it's reluctant to bring its weight to bear on Israel.

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The growing power of France's pro-Israel lobby Aug 28, 2025

Binyamin Netanyahu asserts that his country is fighting a ‘shared war' in defence of Western values. In France, as elsewhere, it's a message that has found powerful advocates.

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