A new 15-year defense strategy outlines India’s expansive naval modernization to counter growing threats from China and Pakistan. INS Vikrant, India’s first locally built aircraft carrier, sails ...

is a former naval intelligence officer.

The European Union is losing in a human resources race as global rivals outpace the bloc in attracting skilled talent. European schools, labs and start-ups often fail to attract the continent’s ...

Factory-built reactors offer a scalable, low-carbon solution for climate and digital needs yet still face legacy challenges to nuclear deployment. July 2023: The factory-assembled core of a small ...

The Visegrad Group faces diminishing influence as shifting interests and politics reshape Central Europe’s model for cooperation. The prime ministers of Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and ...

The industrial metal is trading at record-high prices as states aim to secure supply amid geopolitical rivalry and the green transition. Aug. 12: Copper anodes are prepared in a furnace at the ...

More than 340 million Christians faced significant persecution in 2025, making the world’s largest faith its most marginalized – yet the world barely blinks. Religious persecution, especially ...

A historic U.S.-mediated ceasefire in Gaza offers hope for peace, but regional dynamics and doubts about Hamas’s compliance challenge its fragile sustainability. Oct. 13, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt: U.S.

South Africa has withdrawn from the DRC peace mission, as regional fractures deepen. The U.S.-led deal highlights resource-driven geopolitics. Feb. 13, Pretoria: President Cyril Ramaphosa (center) ...

The Trump administration’s 2025 cybersecurity reset reduces federal oversight while sharpening its focus on foreign threats and critical technologies. In June, the Trump administration issued an ...

Located all over the world and from various backgrounds and professions, GIS experts have unique insight into the regions and topics they analyze. This allows them to make detailed and accurate ...

The recent BRICS summit in Johannesburg confirmed the transition to a multipolar order where, despite the salience of the United States and China, medium powers and regional alignments are also ...