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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, greets Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace, amid the New Global Financial Pact Summit in Paris on June 23, 2023. France has suspended all development aid and budgetary support to Niger following a military coup against Bazoum, the French foreign ministry said on July 29, 2023.

Elizabeth Shackelford: What’s tragic about the coup in Niger

August 11, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Niger's coup last month was the eighth military takeover in Africa since 2020. Most occurred in West African states, which have faced rising extremist violence for years. Niger was among...

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a road in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023, during a protest over plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system.

Elizabeth Shackelford: Israel’s constitutional crisis is not having such an important document

July 28, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Many Israelis believe the judicial overhaul just passed by the Knesset is the beginning of the end of the country's democracy. It's the first of several steps Prime Minister Benjamin...

President Joe Biden, from left, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walk from the stage after an event with G-7 leaders on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023, to announce a joint declaration of support for Ukraine.

Elizabeth Shackelford: NATO shouldn’t give Vladimir Putin an excuse to prolong the war

July 14, 2023 at 9:33 a.m.

When NATO leaders met this week in the capital of Lithuania, Russia's war in Ukraine loomed large. With Sweden's membership all but settled, Ukraine's future with the alliance was the...

An photo provided by Greece's coast guard on June 14, 2023, shows scores of people on a battered fishing boat that later capsized and sank off southern Greece.

Elizabeth Shackelford: Ignoring the humanity of migrants won’t fix migration problems

June 30, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

For five days, "Breaking News" alerts hit my phone repeatedly with updates on the search for a missing submersible. The search for the five-passenger vessel began only days after an...

Uganda's queer activist Papa De raises her fist outside the Uganda High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, during a picket against the country's anti-homosexuality bill on April 04, 2023.

Elizabeth Shackelford: Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law should draw attention to a bigger problem for the US

June 16, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

This June, as many people around the world celebrate Pride Month to commemorate those who fought to secure rights for the LGBTQ community, these rights still remain under threat in...

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger attends a luncheon with French President Emmanuel Macron, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Dec. 1, 2022, at the State Department in Washington.

Elizabeth Shackelford: As Henry Kissinger turns 100, his hideous legacy still haunts our role in the world

June 2, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Henry Kissinger celebrated his 100th birthday on May 27, proving once again his remarkable staying power as one of America's most well-known and influential foreign policy players in modern times....

Huge posters featuring President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey hang from buildings in Istanbul, May 15, 2023. Despite a struggling economy, the disastrous earthquakes in February and Turkey's drift toward one-man rule, Erdogan was in the lead ahead of a runoff, according to official results released on Monday.

Elizabeth Shackelford: Turkey and the power of controlling the narrative

May 19, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defied all expectations when he won nearly half the vote in Turkey's election on Sunday. This means he'll face a presidential runoff for the first...

A Sudanese evacuee waits at Port Sudan before boarding a Saudi military ship to Jeddah, on May 3, 2023. In the country's capital, Sudan's army and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces have battled in the streets with automatic rifles, artillery and airstrikes.

Elizabeth Shackelford: In Sudan, many hands could make heavy war — or peace

May 5, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The war unfolding in Sudan is an internal conflict in danger of going global. Finding a sustainable peace will require convincing many countries with a stake in Sudan's future that...

A man stands under U.S. and Saudi Arabian flags in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, before a visit by President Joe Biden on July 14, 2022.

Elizabeth Shackelford: A bipartisan effort aims to stop arming human rights abusers like Saudi Arabia

April 20, 2023 at 1:43 p.m.

America sells more weapons across the globe than any other country, and each year we send them to countries with records rife with human rights abuses. Whether it's Saudi Arabia's...

Israeli military veterans wave national flags during a rally against the government's judicial reform bill, along a highway near Netanya on March 28, 2023.

Elizabeth Shackelford: It’s not too late to get honest about Israel

April 12, 2023 at 12:40 p.m.

The United States and Israel have had a close and special relationship for more than 75 years, grounded in Israel's unique position as the only democracy in the Middle East...

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