Once innovative and influential, the Netherlands is now gripped by stagnation amid political deadlock, economic pressures and a weakening international position. Posters for a range of political ...

Despite Russian threats and Arctic tensions, Iceland stays cool and strategically strong, playing a crucial role in regional security. May 28: Iceland’s Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir speaks at ...

Washington’s strategic ambiguity toward China creates uncertainty for allies and adversaries. Oct. 30: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping ...

Geopolitical competition in the Arctic and Antarctic is intensifying, with security overtaking climate concerns. Global competition in the world’s polar regions is escalating. The nature of the ...

Iran’s sway in the oil market is fading as global supply chains diversify and new producers emerge, with China buying most of its exports at a discount. Iran remains a major oil producer, but its ...

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 ...

The United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical and analytical agency within the Department of Energy, projects that the country will set a new oil production record this ...

In a world teetering between authoritarianism and apathy, the new pope has a choice – challenge injustice or repeat the mistakes of silence and compromise. Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost in the U.S ...

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 ...

President Trump has renewed U.S. interest in Greenland to counter Chinese and Russian influence in the Arctic. Flags from the Faroe Islands, Denmark, Greenland and the United States are displayed in ...