Jean-Noël Barrot: A snap election in France

Akinwumi Adesina: Africa rising?

Mathieu Kassovitz: Where is France going?

Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine war at critical juncture

Sachin Pilot: Is India heading for consensus or chaos?

Fabrice Leggeri: What would a far-right victory mean for France?

Anne Enright: Changing Ireland

Husam Zomlot: Is diplomacy dead in the Israel-Gaza conflict?

Asma Khan: Can cooking change the world?

Ilya Ponomarev: How significant is Russian resistance to Putin?

Laurie Bristow: The West's failure in Afghanistan

Maria Butina: Is time on Russia's side?

Oliver McTernan: Is peace in the Middle East an impossible dream?

Maria Corina Machado: Can Venezuela's fortunes change?

Taro Kono: Can Japan reboot itself for the 21st Century?

Syed Zafar Islam: Will Narendra Modi change course?

Ohad Tal: Is Israel gearing up for a multi-front war?

The whistleblowers

Garry Conille: What can he do for Haiti?

Chris Ruddy: Is Trump's team worried?

Ian Goldin: Is migration a drag or a driver of progress?

Pavel Latushka: Can change in Belarus only come with change in Moscow?

Shannon Watts: Will the votes of white women swing the Trump-Harris race?

Karuna Nundy: Human rights and justice in India

Olha Stefanishyna: Does Ukraine's Russia offensive make sense?

Nicola Procaccini: How has hard-right rule changed Italy?

Neil Lawrence: Being human in the age of the machine

Andris Sprūds: Is Latvia on a war footing?

Motaz Azaiza: Photographing Gaza

Rev Andrey Kordochkin: Putin and the Church

Fawzia Koofi: Women's rights in Afghanistan