The Visegrad Group faces diminishing influence as shifting interests and politics reshape Central Europe’s model for cooperation. The prime ministers of Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and ...

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South Africa has withdrawn from the DRC peace mission, as regional fractures deepen. The U.S.-led deal highlights resource-driven geopolitics. Feb. 13, Pretoria: President Cyril Ramaphosa (center) ...

More than 340 million Christians faced significant persecution in 2025, making the world’s largest faith its most marginalized – yet the world barely blinks ...

The Trump administration’s 2025 cybersecurity reset reduces federal oversight while sharpening its focus on foreign threats and critical technologies. In June, the Trump administration issued an ...

Factory-built reactors offer a scalable, low-carbon solution for climate and digital needs yet still face legacy challenges to nuclear deployment. July 2023: The factory-assembled core of a small ...

A historic U.S.-mediated ceasefire in Gaza offers hope for peace, but regional dynamics and doubts about Hamas’s compliance challenge its fragile sustainability ...

The industrial metal is trading at record-high prices as states aim to secure supply amid geopolitical rivalry and the green transition. Aug. 12: Copper anodes are ...

The decisive contests of the next decade will be won through persuasion, not coercion. Labubu figurines, wildly popular toys manufactured by Chinese company Pop Mart, are displayed at a collectible ...

The intense rivalries, power struggles among militias and shifting regional dynamics are casting a shadow over the country’s prospects of ever achieving unity again. May 23: Hundreds of people took to ...

Once innovative and influential, the Netherlands is now gripped by stagnation amid political deadlock, economic pressures and a weakening international position. Posters for a range of political ...

The Mattei Plan is strengthening Rome’s African partnerships and redefining Europe’s geopolitical role. June 20: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left), Italian Prime Minister ...