According to recent analysis, that aid, referred to often as official development assistance, has fallen by between 15 and 22 percent relative to 2023. Simultaneously, global military expenditures ...

Central Asia occupies a strategically sensitive position at the intersection of major geopolitical spheres, News.Az ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru (second from right) chairs a meeting of the “Comprehensive Response Headquarters for U.S. Tariff Measures,” July 7, 2025. Also pictured are Foreign Minister Iwaya ...

U.S. President Donald Trump points to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a press conference during the latter’s visit to Washington D.C., February 13, 2025. Dealing with Trump has not been easy ...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is widely touted as a strategic centerpiece of the Obama administration’s broader rebalancing toward the Asia-Pacific region. Another big trade pact, the ...

The Trump administration’s new AI Action Plan calls on multiple agencies—including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and the ...

‎Ethiopia is not so desperate as to be focused only on its immediate existence. The country has reached a stage in its ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

India, Jan. 25 -- For much of the first quarter of the 21st century, American policymakers treated China as an economic ...

The recently released U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports have stirred significant controversy about notable cuts in length and issue coverage, delayed release, and perceived bias, ...

The transatlantic relationship, once the strongest, most pivotal, and strategic alliance in the world, is fraught and frail. It’s time we reevaluate foreign policy relationships in a way that demands ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) -- U.S. diplomats on Monday stressed Washington's focus on aligning foreign assistance with President Donald Trump's policy priorities, saying that it should be a "force ...