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 ...

Only sustained, coordinated regional pressure can bring down the Iranian regime and end the turbulence it foments across the Middle East. New oil and gas pipelines designed to bypass the Strait of ...

Prediction markets increasingly outperform traditional forecasting by monetizing collective intelligence amid declining institutional trust. March 20, 2026: New York-based and Panama domiciled ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Saudi Arabia’s strikes on the UAE-backed STC and the group’s subsequent dissolution mark a turning point in the intensifying rivalry over Yemen. Dec. 2, 2024: UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed bin ...

The Human Rights Council of the United Nations is unable to confront serious human rights situations evenhandedly. The divergent interests of the UN membership makes reform of the Human Rights Council ...

Africa’s continental free trade pact promises integration, but uneven reforms and external dependence risk keeping the vision out of reach. Namibia launched its first AfCFTA trade with a salt shipment ...

While the European Union works to diversify its energy supplies and improve energy security, Kazakhstan seeks ways to end its oil exports’ reliance on Russian infrastructure. Kazakhstan’s President ...

While India needs to maintain good relations with Myanmar to achieve several strategic objectives, the ties between the two countries have been clouded by regional challenges. Indian Prime Minister ...