Lebanon’s plan to demilitarize Hezbollah by year-end could falter, risking renewed tensions with Israel and economic crisis. If enforced, it could spark civil unrest. In August, the Lebanese ...

The EU promotes itself as a global standard-bearer for values, but critics argue its regulations serve economic protectionism and entrench industry dominance. The Berlaymont building in Brussels, ...

Geopolitical competition in the Arctic and Antarctic is intensifying, with security overtaking climate concerns. Global competition in the world’s polar regions is escalating. The nature of the ...

The August 2025 Washington Joint Declaration on peace and connectivity, branded as the Transit, Regional Integration and Peace Project (TRIPP) and signed by Armenia and Azerbaijan with the United ...

Artificial intelligence is by far the most transformative technology our species has developed in decades, arguably the most important leap after the advent of the internet itself. It has the ...

Xi Jinping is shifting China from an export-driven economy to the orchestrator of a new world order. Aug. 31: Leaders from Global Majority countries pose for a photo ...

Europe’s moralizing approach to energy and raw materials has weakened its resilience. Ideology and hypocrisy are luxuries it can no longer afford. Because they have ...

The future of relations between Ukraine and the rest of Europe revolves around two main themes: military-industrial cooperation, and the provision of energy and mineral resources for European markets.

China’s vulnerability to militants and unrest in Pakistan’s southwestern province, Balochistan, threatens its projection of power in Asia and the BRI as a whole. In 2011, Hillary Clinton, then-United ...