Since its creation in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) had seldom drawn the kind of attention generated by its 2025 summit in Tianjin. The event featured the first high-level meeting ...

As U.S.-China tensions deepen, the CPTPP is emerging as a potential third pillar for global trade and stability. The then Canadian trade minister with the president of a Japanese company at an event ...

A sweeping U.S.-EU trade and energy deal has linked tariffs, investment and energy security in a single political and economic package. This report is part of a GIS series on the U.S.-EU trade deal.

As the Dalai Lama declares that his successor will be found in the free world, Beijing escalates efforts to appoint its own. July 5: The 14th Dalai Lama offers prayers during a ceremony before his ...

Kyiv’s resilience against Moscow’s war machine stems from a decentralized, digitally fluent innovation culture driving rapid battlefield adaptation. April 11: A flag at a Brave1 testing ground in an ...

If European leaders continue to lack courage and determination, others will decide the continent’s fate. Europe has a leadership problem, as the continent’s ...

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While sanctions have not brought an end to the war in Ukraine, they will still have a devastating impact for Russian citizens. Under the pressure of sanctions, Russia ...

Facing war fatigue at home, Western governments are tempted to use Russian foreign exchange reserves to pay for aid to Ukraine. The stakes are higher than some policymakers realize. An illuminated ...

Russian corruption has deep historical roots. It was widespread during more than four centuries of tsarist rule and carried on, despite the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, to the very end of the Soviet ...

The Human Rights Council of the United Nations is unable to confront serious human rights situations evenhandedly. The divergent interests of the UN membership makes reform of the Human Rights Council ...

The rapid rise of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea poses a threat to regional security and could fuel jihadist movements coming from the inland. The coastal area surrounding the Gulf of Guinea comprises ...