Image — Senior Chinese officials arrive for a press conference of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on 24 October 2025. Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images. Any ...

Image — France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) sign an agreement at the Villacoublay air base near Paris on 17 November 2025. Photo by CHRISTOPHE ...

The gold trade connects Sudan’s civil war to the wider region and highlights the roles that commodities play in perpetuating violent conflict. Even before the start of the civil war in 2023, Sudan’s ...

The UK government’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR), published this week, clearly prioritizes the UK’s contribution to NATO and European security, setting out plans to orient the armed forces around ...

Image — President Donald Trump signs executive orders following the Presidential Parade at Capital One Arena on 20 January 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD)’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt’s election is a historic breakthrough and, without doubt, a turning point in German democracy. Since 1945 no party labelled extreme right ...

As the world becomes geopolitically more fragmented, conflicts are increasing in complexity and number – up by almost three-quarters since the 2000s. In this shifting order, conflict is being ...

The White House’s assault on the independence of the Federal Reserve appears to be driven by President Trump himself. Yet it is worth bearing in mind Leo Tolstoy’s effort, in War and Peace, to dump ...

On 27 January, US President Donald Trump surprised many with a blunt warning on social media: if Iraq reinstated the veteran politician Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister, the US would withdraw its ...

At NATO’s July summit in Ankara, leaders will gather as Russia’s war on Ukraine shows no sign of abating, doubts continue about the commitment of the United States to the alliance and the Iran war ...

In a joint statement issued on 6 February the Trump administration announced it had reached an agreement to lower tariffs on India. The agreement has reduced the reciprocal tariff on India from 25 per ...

Considerations of justice and social equity are as important for the circular economy transition as they are in the contexts of low-carbon transitions and digitalization of the economy. This paper ...