Among the many global challenges facing the United States, the one receiving scant public attention is the resurgence of al-Qaeda through Central Asia and the Middle East. Today, there is an active ...

Scenarios International agencies have underperformed because they were designed to promote global policymaking. This goal has largely failed. Governments have consistently resisted ceding sovereignty ...

Hungary, a member of both the European Union and NATO, is increasingly looking eastward to counterbalance its reliance on the West. As long as it remains part of the Western alliance system, Budapest ...

The prominence of free trade as a guiding principle in shaping relationships between countries has steadily diminished since the end of the Cold War. Instead, geopolitics has begun to regain its ...

Odds are that United States President Donald Trump’s dramatic announcement of his interest in Greenland – as well as Canada and the Panama Canal, for that matter – was intended for an audience of one: ...

While most of Russia’s pipeline gas supply to the EU was disrupted following the Ukraine war, LNG deliveries from Russia to Europe increased. In 2024, nearly 70 percent of Russian LNG reached Europe, ...

When Xi Jinping became president in March 2013, there was widespread optimism across China. At that time, many Chinese economists held a linear viewpoint, believing that the country’s development ...

Since the results of the presidential elections on October 9, 2024, in Mozambique were challenged by voters claiming election fraud, the country has been gripped by a sometimes violent political ...

Beijing’s accelerating military buildup and strategic technological advancements raise urgent concerns for the U.S. and its allies worldwide. Drones in formation of an aircraft carrier and fighter ...

Preparations for the construction of a railway connecting China, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are advancing rapidly. The feasibility study for the Kyrgyz section, which was undertaken and completed in ...

Facts & figures U.S. trade in services with the EU and China The U.S. has a trade surplus when it comes to services with both trading partners. While its trade in services with the EU is much stronger ...

The shale revolution has disrupted the global oil and gas markets. In five years, between 2014 and 2019, U.S. oil production increased by 5.3 million barrels per day (mb/d), effectively adding the ...