Since the onset of the war in Ukraine, the geopolitical landscape in Europe has been irrevocably altered, prompting the president of France Emmanuel Macron to emphasize that France’s vital interests ...

The cyber-scam industry’s shift toward human trafficking began when Cambodia’s ban on online gambling in 2019 significantly limited casinos’ and hotels’ revenues and led to a decrease in real estate ...

On June 22, 2025, the United States executed "Operation Midnight Hammer," where over 125 U.S. military aircraft targeted three Iranian nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. The surprise ...

China is increasingly a global power. Its overseas interests are vast and complex, spanning every region of the world. In many places, Beijing is leveraging new sources of strength to assert its ...

By: Meredith Broadbent and Joyce Bongongo This month, Florida became the seventh state to sign a trade Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom, advancing a new strategy to cement ...

Incoming Trump officials may think a shock to the European defense system is what Europe needs to get their “act together.” It might be. Europe is already spending more. But European defense is so ...

Russia’s poor performance has likely been caused by several factors: the Russian military’s reliance on dismounted infantry and mechanized forces to take Ukrainian territory, Russia’s failure to use ...

As a presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump promised to end Europe’s largest war since 1945 in one day. This was always ambitious. Since taking office, President Trump and his advisers have already ...

Resetting the United States’ Focus on Congolese Mining There is now a unique window of opportunity to build U.S.-DRC minerals cooperation, for two emerging reasons. First, the intensifying conflict ...

The transit of hundreds of thousands of people through a largely ungoverned zone in an inhospitable tropical habitat has been a recipe for humanitarian and environmental disaster. The Darién Gap is ...

Introduction Entrepreneurship stands as a pivotal catalyst for fostering development across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). By initiating innovative ventures, entrepreneurs create new job ...

In the Global South, there are opportunities to develop clean energy. Although some African countries have fossil fuel reserves, the continent is also home to 60 percent of renewable energy resources ...