Baghdad is opening its energy sector to US investment while racing to diversify oil exports, strengthen its economy, and reduce its vulnerability to regional conflict
The Trump Administration’s two-day Peace to Prosperity economic conference, which calls for $50 billion of investmentin the Palestinian territories and its neighbours within a decade, took place this…
American attention over the past two weeks has turned to President Trump’s dramatic move to impose tariffs on Mexican imports if the tide of migrants crossing the U.S.’s southern border…
In recent years, climate change has soared to unprecedented levels and has been the primary driving force behind rising temperatures around the world. Climate change has also caused a number…
Each year in early April, women inthe United Statesmark Equal Pay Day, the date on which their earnings finally reach the amount American men took home the previous year. Women who hold year-round,…
Emerging markets had abumpy2018. Over the summer, Argentina and Turkey saw their currencies fall sharply as their economies ran into trouble. Argentina had to turn to the International Monetary…
“Blatant disrespect” for Russia’s government can now land you in jail, under a new law the country’s legislature has passed. Worried that Russians are increasingly inclined to criticize the state or…
Despite Hezbollah’s repeated claims that foreign sanctions would not affect its capabilities, evidence suggests that the group is facing a serious financial crisis. Its leaders have already…
Climate change, by altering the world’s physical and ecological landscape, is also changing its geopolitical landscape. Recent years have witnessed the outbreak of multiple wars in some of the…
A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?
As the FIFA World Cup 2026 shows, identity, belonging, and tension combine to make football fandom unlike any other sport. So, what is going on in fans' brains?
Beijing's duty-free access for African exports promises mutual economic gains, but more importantly, it deepens its strategic influence across the continent