Washington is mixing growth-oriented tax reforms with selective spending cuts while ignoring the root cause of America’s worsening fiscal predicament. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) marks a ...

A two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine issue is flawed because of corruption, security risks and Hamas’s destabilizing role. The endorsement of a two-state ...

Although many nations have recognized Palestine in recent years, these symbolic acts have not altered the regional situation. In October 2014, Sweden became the first Western European country to ...

China’s dominance over rare earths gives Beijing powerful leverage in trade, technology and strategic negotiations. Metal cubes representing rare earth elements including neodymium (Nd), praseodymium ...

Pakistan’s military edge in the recent air conflict with India has boosted the reputation of the Chinese defense industry. The Chengdu J-10C is a Chinese-built fighter jet designed for long-range air ...

Transnational organized crime poses an increasingly serious threat to public safety, democratic governance and state legitimacy in Latin America. Once primarily concentrated in countries like Mexico ...

Global institutions were born out of post-war idealism, but they have failed to prevent conflict. Rather than a functioning mechanism for peace, the UN has become a bureaucratically driven institution ...

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 ...

China’s infrastructure and debt-driven influence contrasts with India’s market-oriented, partnership-focused investments in East Africa. January 2016: A Bharti Airtel store at a shopping mall in Port ...

A major geopolitical realignment is dismantling traditional foreign aid systems in favor of limited measures to bolster strategic national interests. A man in Nakuru, Kenya, reads a newspaper in ...

Struggles with stagnating GDP growth and budget disagreements are compelling South African policymakers to urgently address long-standing economic challenges. March 12, 2025: People Against Budget ...

Global trade flows are shifting and fragmenting, while Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Vladimir Putin could complicate matters further. Cars lined up for export at the Lianyungang Port in China. In ...