The intensifying global competition for freshwater resources is reshaping geopolitical landscapes, revealing a new truth: ...

The disappearing Aral Sea represents an environmental disaster that can only be reversed through joint efforts in practical restoration, backed by international help. Promising early steps have been ...

This week we examine the potential impact of new protests on US-Iran negotiations, fallout from the US Supreme Court striking down President Trump’s landmark tariff policy, new rare earth magnet ...

The 2026 Addis Ababa Summit revealed a tension between idealism and urgency. The rhetoric of unity, justice, and water security speaks to a continental aspiration for dignity. Yet hard power realities ...

Amid a global system in flux, the international community must decide: reinforce old norms through unified action or acquiesce to a future defined by coercion and unilateralism.

As seen in the recent Orion critical minerals deal, the next chapter of mining consolidation will likely be defined through ...

New tariff authority tied to Iran-linked trade and renewed US maritime guidance near the Strait of Hormuz show a familiar pattern: Washington is turning “national security” tools into daily friction ...

The US-India interim framework on secondary tariffs is less the epilogue to a short trade dispute than a trial by fire for tariff conditionality as a sanctions enforcement instrument.

This week we examine Trump’s embrace of the Chavista regime in Venezuela, reports of multiple assassination attempts targeting President al-Shaara in Syria, Beijing’s accelerating efforts to offload ...