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

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

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

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

Image — US President Donald Trump responds to questions from the press during a meeting with travel industry executives in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on 2 September 2026.

The Houthi armed group recently captured the strategic port city of Mocha in southwestern Yemen and advanced along the coast of the Bab al-Mandab Strait. This represents the most consequential change ...

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.

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.

President Donald Trump welcomes Xi Jinping to Washington with the US-China dynamic in a moment of historic flux. China is rising economically and militarily, while the US is mired in the Iran war, ...

There is something rather extraordinary about the geopolitical times we live in. They are making what seemed impossible yesterday possible today, and what once sounded laughable increasingly credible.

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

— Hear from experts on the successes, shortcomings and future direction of Uzbekistan’s economic and reform agenda under President Mirziyoyev. Ten years after Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power, ...