As the U.S. struggles to divide its rivals, its missteps contrast with China’s deft diplomacy and Russia’s strategic craftiness. May 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosting his Chinese counterpart ...

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 ...

Operation Midnight Hammer dealt a major blow to Iran’s nuclear facilities, revealing the permanence of modern conflict – from hybrid warfare to shifting global alliances.

President Trump’s tariff threat, including his reciprocal tariffs that hit Vietnam especially hard, did not go down well in Southeast Asia. In fact, Southeast Asian countries were among the hardest ...

Ankara is reconsidering its recent policies, particularly toward Europe and the United States. This shift follows a decade (2012-2022) characterized by frequent acrimonious disagreements and sanctions ...

In East Africa specifically, debt to China has created a sense of dependency that currently shows no signs of abating. From 2014 to 2024, African debt service to China increased by a factor of five, ...

Since Muammar Qaddafi’s ousting and death in 2011, oil-rich Libya has been plunged into more than a decade of turmoil, marked by political instability and rival factions. This chaos has divided Libya ...

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 ...