Major shift. Left-wing parties have hit their lowest popularity level since the Cold War, according to an analysis by British ...

China is actively seeking a route to Europe that bypasses Russia, driven by Western sanctions that obstruct trade and ...

Relying on reservists. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday ordering reservists to participate in military training in 2025.

Tehran is reportedly scrambling to raise funds to support allied militias.

One of the most pressing geopolitical issues Europe faces is its evolving relationship with the United States. This relationship will be critical as ...

The World Bank has released its 2025 global growth forecast. The key takeaway is that global growth is stabilizing as inflation nears target levels. Global trade recovered in 2024, driven largely by ...

After the 2010s – a period of exceptional economic growth – China entered a major downturn caused by the collapse of the country’s crucial real estate sector, deteriorating local government finances, ...

Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have fundamentally altered long-held ...

With the arrival of the second Trump administration, great power competition is at an inflection point. Both Russia and China face internal crises that compel them to engage with the United States. To ...

Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have fundamentally altered long-held ...

Debrief. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by video call on Tuesday. In the first 11 months of 2024, bilateral trade increased 7 percent, reaching over $220 ...

Russian industry. Russia’s production of certain iron and metal products declined markedly in the fourth quarter, the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, a major Russian steel conglomerate, reported.