Post-Cold War integration increased prosperity but did not eliminate rivalry. Emerging powers and strategic risks are driving a prolonged transition. March 17, 2026: Maritime traffic off Singapore.

is an expert on anti-corruption issues and Caucasus affairs.

Attacks on Amazon’s cloud facilities in the Gulf underscore how data centers have moved from digital infrastructure to contested strategic assets. An Amazon Web Services facility in Northern Virginia, ...

China’s ties with Iran are based on utility – and if the costs rise too high, Beijing could set Tehran aside. China’s Ambassador to the United Nations Fu Cong abstains during a Security Council vote ...

Mineral-producing nations are turning the shortcomings of the G7 and BRICS into bargaining power. Bundles of copper on rail wagons at the New Kapiri Mposhi train station in Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia. The ...

is a trade, sanctions and regulatory expert.

United States President Donald Trump’s May 2026 visit to Beijing was neither a diplomatic triumph nor a clean end to the trade war his first administration launched nearly a decade ago. Instead, it ...

Without policy reform and African cooperation, anti-immigration sentiment will remain a crisis for South Africa. June 29, 2026: Demonstrators carrying traditional shields and sticks call for the ...

Armenia’s warming relations with Europe, Turkiye and Azerbaijan are both a product and a driver of fading Russian influence in the South Caucasus. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (right) ...

Over the past few months, the lawsuit Elon Musk filed against OpenAI gave the public a rare glimpse into the engine room of the company that, more than any other, defined the new artificial ...

The Hormuz crisis revealed LNG supply vulnerabilities, but global gas markets are poised for expansion, driven by improved diversification and energy security. March 19, 2026: Iranian missile attacks ...

UK politics will be reshaped by identity, demographics, legal paralysis and fiscal strain, shifting voters into nationalist, cosmopolitan and liberal blocs. British politics is once again in visible ...