African nations are asserting control over resources, renegotiating deals and prioritizing local benefits amid global competition for its critical minerals. March 2008, Orapa, Botswana: A truck ...

The August 2025 Washington Joint Declaration on peace and connectivity, branded as the Transit, Regional Integration and Peace Project (TRIPP) and signed by Armenia and Azerbaijan with the United ...

Artificial intelligence is by far the most transformative technology our species has developed in decades, arguably the most important leap after the advent of the internet itself. It has the ...

Once close allies, Israel and Turkiye now clash over Palestine and Syria, with mistrust and competing interests driving a deepening regional rivalry. June 13, 2013: Supporters of Turkish Prime ...

Geopolitical competition in the Arctic and Antarctic is intensifying, with security overtaking climate concerns. Global competition in the world’s polar regions is escalating. The nature of the ...

China’s vulnerability to militants and unrest in Pakistan’s southwestern province, Balochistan, threatens its projection of power in Asia and the BRI as a whole. In 2011, Hillary Clinton, then-United ...

The latest technologies are presenting Arab and North African states with a whole new set of struggles and opportunities. Morocco is a case in point. Morocco’s Minister of Digital Transition, Amal El ...

Europe’s moralizing approach to energy and raw materials has weakened its resilience. Ideology and hypocrisy are luxuries it can no longer afford. Because they have been demonized in Europe, mining ...

LNG production can be a boon to East African nations, but security risks and institutional gaps will pose hurdles to growth. One of the poorest countries in the world, Mozambique has the largest gas ...

The Human Rights Council of the United Nations is unable to confront serious human rights situations evenhandedly. The divergent interests of the UN membership makes reform of the Human Rights Council ...

Technical and, above all, political obstacles block Cyprus’s way to becoming a natural gas producer and exporter. Some Mediterranean neighbors, including Turkey, complicate the problem. A view of the ...

Greenland has passed a draft constitution, raising the possibility of independence from Denmark and concerns over its strategic significance. Qaanaaq, Greenland is among the most northern inhabited ...