The Next 100 Years,” which was published some 15 years ago, forecast the emergence of three significant powers over the next ...

Energy for Syria. A new pipeline that will bring natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria has been inaugurated. The ceremony took place in Turkey’s ...

Russia is making a serious foray into nuclear diplomacy abroad. Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear corporation and a leader ...

Last week, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned the Venezuelan group the Cartel de los Soles as a terrorist organization. President ...

By Emmett Stern South Korean arms manufacturers are having a moment, and their rise is years in the making. In 2022, for ...

The Geopolitics of Drugs July 28, 2025 Question: The legalization of drugs might get rid of the cartels, but it also might increase drug use. Is it worth legalizing drugs if drug abuse continues, but ...

On Aug. 1, President Donald Trump signed an executive order introducing import duties of 10 percent to 41 percent on 69 countries and ...

A recent Reuters investigation shed some light on the current state of green hydrogen, a potentially game-changing technology that, in theory, is ...

Arms production. China and Kuwait are close to completing construction on an ammunition factory in the Gulf state, the Kuwaiti deputy defense minister ...

Pakistan. Washington announced a flurry of trade deals with countries facing severe spikes in tariffs if they did not reach a compromise by the Aug. 1 ...

Kazakh exemption. The European Union has decided to allow the delivery of Kazakh coal through Russian ports despite sanctions ...

Big deal. The U.K. and India signed a major free trade deal. It’s expected to result in 6 billion British pounds ($8 billion) ...