As fighting escalates in Tigray and neighbouring areas, there are fears that Ethiopia’s internal instability could spill over ...

Both Lula and the younger Bolsonaro face high levels of voter rejection. More than 54 per cent of Brazilian voters disapprove ...

Climate change, rising demand, and geopolitical rivalry are reshaping the politics of water. Bhargabi, Beatrice, and their ...

President Tshisekedi and the opposition both want national dialogue. But it remains to be seen whether they can agree on the nature of the DRC’s problems, let alone their solutions.

Denmark used its soft power to rally support and took the dispute out of the limelight – addressing underlying US interests ...

The US and China both face serious domestic strains. As Trump and Xi meet this week to discuss trade, AI and Taiwan, neither side should mistake the other’s weaknesses for strategic decline.

Gulf Arab states increasingly view Israel as the main obstacle to progress on the peace plan – and may hope for an opening ...

Israeli settlement expansion, land appropriation, and escalating settler violence in the occupied West Bank represent some of the most outstanding obstacles to realizing a sovereign Palestinian state ...

China has made no secret of its AI ambitions. Back in 2017, its Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan set out its goal of becoming the ‘world’s primary AI innovation centre’ by 2030 ...

Congress also bestirred itself on trade last month, but in contradictory directions that may ultimately serve instead to further embolden the White House. Indeed, the more aggressive this ...

An Indian youth movement led by an organization calling itself ‘the Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP) has called a halt to weeks of protest in India, after securing a significant victory: India’s ...

This month it was reported in the Turkish media that Turkey was in talks to sell its long-unused S-400 Triumf air defence system, with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates mentioned as potential buyers.