Le Monde diplomatique - English edition

September: the longer view

2026-09-14T15:46:15Z

The month's archives.

- 2026/09 / perspective

UK sanctions: Israel can rest easy

2026-09-11T19:42:34Z

On 8 September, as part of a joint initiative involving twelve countries, the UK foreign secretary made a statement to the House of Commons announcing new sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Most notably, Ed Miliband condemned the ‘ethnic cleansing' taking place there. The measures he detailed will target ‘specific companies and individuals who provide services such as construction, infrastructure, financing, or real estate for settlement expansion'. This move is (…)

- 2026/09 / Dossier

Somaliland in the Great Game

Brendon Novel — 2026-09-01T07:03:40Z

The small self-proclaimed state of Somaliland is aiming to become a regional player: it is now an ally of Israel and has commercial and security agreements in the Gulf. Now it's hoping for US support.

- 2026/09 / article, 2026/09 Somaliland

The search for an alternative to the dollar is on

Renaud Lambert, Frédéric Lemaire & Julien Trévisan — 2026-09-01T07:03:37Z

The dollar gives America huge power, but the international monetary system built around it is sliding into chaos, as recent US support for the yen shows. Yet replacing the dollar brings risks of its own.

- 2026/09 / article

Donald Trump's red scare

Serge Halimi — 2026-09-01T07:03:36Z

The US left is making gains. With elections looming and his ratings tanking, Trump has revived the old communist spectre – and recast the left as a terrorist threat.

- 2026/09 / article

Macron, worst ever president?

Grégory Rzepski — 2026-09-01T07:03:35Z

Emmanuel Macron leaves the Élysée in eight months. And, in keeping with the political journalism tradition whereby last-minute criticism apparently makes up for a decade of deference, the brickbats are coming thick and fast. The Economist, having once regarded him as the ‘saviour of Europe', now mocks a ‘lame duck' president. Two Parisian courtiers have devoted a book to ‘the story of an exceptional man … who screwed things up in an exceptional way'. Alain Minc, mouthpiece of the liberal (…)

- 2026/09 / editorial

Somaliland at the centre of regional geopolitics

Cécile Marin — 2026-09-01T07:02:55Z

- Africa / Map, 2026/09 Somaliland

New alliances replace old certainties

Ziad Majed — 2026-09-01T07:02:53Z

Binyamin Netanyahu has vowed to ‘change the face of the Middle East'. But the war with Iran has created a situation that no single power can control.

- 2026/09 / article

Germany: charting its own course

Pierre Rimbert — 2026-09-01T07:02:52Z

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Germany has broken with its postwar military restraint: it is rearming at speed and has set its sights on becoming NATO's leading European power, with US blessing.

- 2026/09 / 2026/09 germany

Military spending fuels Rheinmetall's rise

Thomas Schnee — 2026-09-01T07:02:50Z

Germany wants to build ‘the strongest conventional army in Europe'. And the country's defence giant Rheinmetall is expanding into new sectors, from shipbuilding to space, to supply what it needs.

- 2026/09 / 2026/09 germany