Persistent global imbalances have become a defining feature of the international economy, contributing to protectionism, geopolitical rivalry and financial instability. Coordinated appreciation of ...

In the Chinese province of Xinjiang, the Uyghur ethnic minority faces mass detention and forced labor. The CCP has woven databases, cameras and detention centers together to create a massive network ...

As Sweden heads toward general elections on September 13, old fears and irrationalities about national identity and religion are once again a central part of the political debate. One of the clearest ...

US President Donald Trump’s Iran war is damaging the US alliance system as much as it is damaging the Middle East. As European governments resist a war they did not choose, Washington has responded ...

Recent focus on a missing US aircrew member and underreported military casualties in Iran reveals a deeper system controlling war visibility. The US has long managed which war deaths are seen or ...

The global financial system has a way of reminding us that liquidity is often just a polite word for an illusion. For years, investors have poured trillions into private credit, lured by the promise ...

Despite boycotts and violence, Myanmar held its first nationwide polls since the 2021 coup, consolidating power for the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party alongside guaranteed army ...

Contemporary great power competition is shifting toward strategic “gateways” of the international system — regions where geopolitical influence, economic infrastructure and military power intersect.

History will record the early 21st century as the era of the “Great Betrayal.” We witness a profound moral collapse within Western academia, media and political movements — a collapse defined by a ...

Initially a revolutionary guerrilla group in Colombia, the National Liberation Army, has shifted from Marxist ideology to criminal activities and alliances with Venezuela. While it does not fully meet ...

Sarito Carroll lived in Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s commune in Oregon, which collapsed under criminal charges 40 years ago. Like most teenagers in Rajneeshpuram, she was sexually abused there. Now she is ...

[This is the sixth part of a ten-part series. To read more, see Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 here.] Caffè Italiano: The two meet again and over tea and croissants, and ...