Tariffs and shifting relations with Pakistan, along with uncertainties about the Quad, cast doubt on the once-robust U.S.-India partnership. Aug. 1, Mumbai, Maharashtra: Students display a poster ...

Once designed to protect economies from political influence, central banks have instead become political actors in their own right. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell takes questions from reporters ...

The development of a non-Western payment system is gathering pace. BRICS countries are moving their focus from the ambitious goal of a shared BRICS currency to more feasible targets, such as increased ...

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 ...

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 ...

Geopolitical ambitions, ethnic divisions and contested access to the sea and fresh water are intensifying anxieties in Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Tigray region. The port of Massawa is one of the ...

Global demand for arable land is rising, making Africa a key target for large-scale acquisitions to tackle food and energy challenges. June 2022: The start of the wheat harvest season in Tunis, ...

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 ...

If history teaches anything, it is that ignoring past conflicts invites future catastrophes. Opening of the documentary exhibition “Maidan Cases: On the Way to Justice and History” at the Memorial to ...

The new French budget was finally approved in the first week of February. The question now is whether it will deliver on its promises. A new government was established in France this December.

The Lobito Corridor megaproject could reshape global critical mineral supply chains by connecting Africa’s mineral-rich regions to international markets. A miner descends into a pit at the Kamilombe ...

China has entered a deflationary cycle, exposing stark economic disparities amid slowing growth and cautious policy changes. China has been facing ongoing deflation, with prices declining for six ...