Teresa Nogueira Pinto is an African affairs expert. She earned her PhD in global studies from the department of social and human sciences at Nova University in Lisbon with a thesis entitled ...

India’s young population offers vast potential for economic growth, but without urgent skills development and reforms, it risks becoming a demographic disaster. Dec. 12, 2024: Officials check ...

Central and South America with the Caribbean face growing geopolitical pressure as Washington and Beijing compete for dominance south of the U.S. border. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Luiz ...

Washington and Beijing are increasingly deploying measures aimed at bolstering their national security, while targeting each other’s strategic economic sectors. A cyclist waits for traffic lights in ...

The conflict is so enormous that it is difficult to put its dimensions into ordinary words. On one side, a super-powerful man. The most influential and most watched politician on the planet; probably ...

Japan needs to adapt its security strategy and strengthen alliances in response to rising tensions with Russia and China. Sep. 9, 2020: A billboard depicting the Japanese claim on the Kuril Islands, ...

Carbon pricing mechanisms are gaining traction, but a global deal remains elusive. A car refuels at a Petro-Canada gas station in Victoria, Canada. British Columbia introduced North America’s first ...

Criticizing Trump is easy. But fixing Europe’s overspending, regulations and complacency, while harder, is worth the effort. The “Trump shock” could turn out to be the magical kiss of Prince Charming ...

is a professor of Russian Studies at Uppsala University.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has caused a fundamental reorientation of the European security order. While some countries have come out as ardent supporters of Ukraine, others have opted to maintain ...

President Trump’s Gaza vision is contentious but disrupted a dangerous stalemate, forcing regional powers to confront postwar realities and responsibilities. Egyptian demonstrators on March 31, 2025, ...

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 ...