India’s massive youth population is a key element of the recent unrest sweeping the country. However, the more immediate ...

Signs are emerging that after decades of dormancy, Egypt is starting to reassert itself as a regional security actor. On Oct. 17, President Abdel Fattah ...

Kyiv's breaking point. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv would resume strikes on Russian oil refineries after pausing them for three days ...

A paradox has emerged in Iran’s economic crisis: Conditions that might be expected to bring down the regime have instead ...

Diesel supplies. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended an agreement reached between the U.S. and Russian presidents during a call on Friday to ...

China’s gig economy has become a structural feature of the country’s labor market, prompting the government to propose its first nationwide regulations ...

Russian tech. A data center in Russia’s western Ryazan region owned by leading Russian tech firm Yandex was hit by drones. The company said that a fire ...

The Houthi campaign against Saudi Arabia is the most serious sustained attack on the kingdom’s civilian targets in decades, and there’s no reason to ...

Oil, Missiles and the China Paradox Oct. 15, 2026 Question: Any economic slowdowns from exports in the present and near future are not an issue for China which stands to gain considerably in the ...

The digital lives of Russians have been disrupted for several days now. Some services and mobile app features linked to the Russian IT giant Yandex are ...

Azerbaijan has emerged as the leading power in the South Caucasus, and the South Caucasus region is itself increasing in significance in the Eastern ...

It seems the returning Congress will be more inclined to end the war. If it goes on for two more years, the next president definitely will. The forced compromise will be that we cannot prevent Iran ...