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Finland’s NATO membership transforms security dynamics on the alliance’s northeastern flank. Nov. 20, 2024: A Finnish soldier wears the flag of Finland and the NATO “Exercise Lightning Strike” logo on ...

This analysis of the stringent regulatory environment in the European Union and its impact on innovation is the first installment in a two-part series exploring the continent’s challenges in fostering ...

The quality of education has a profound impact on how nations fare in the global race for wealth, social harmony and security. The West is headed in the wrong direction. Italian students took to the ...

Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are strengthening their economic ties with China through an ambitious railway project linking the three countries along the historical Silk Road. The new railway connecting ...

After a rapprochement with Europe followed by an inconclusive attempt to join the European Union in the 1990s and early 2000s, Turkey shifted its focus to Africa. At first, this pivot was motivated by ...

The popularity of conservative nationalist movements and political parties is on the rise. One shared position is support for more restrictive immigration policies. Recent political events in Europe ...

China has recently hinted that it could use its stranglehold on the production and processing of rare earth minerals to strike at the U.S. economy. The Trump administration has put forth several ...

Some countries have a stranglehold on the materials the world needs to build a low-carbon economy. By 2030, at least 300 new mines – for materials like cobalt, copper, graphite, lithium, nickel, rare ...

Oil and gas production was a boon for one of Africa’s smallest nations, but it is now caught between dwindling hydrocarbon reserves and the pressures of the energy transition. March 1, 2024: ...

Iran’s sway in the oil market is fading as global supply chains diversify and new producers emerge, with China buying most of its exports at a discount. Iran remains a major oil producer, but its ...

President Trump has renewed U.S. interest in Greenland to counter Chinese and Russian influence in the Arctic. Flags from the Faroe Islands, Denmark, Greenland and ...