Academic freedom, once the bedrock of universities, is facing internal threats as complacency and bureaucratization undermine independent thought and inquiry. This is part one of the GIS series on ...

Expanding Western sanctions are inadvertently fomenting alternative economic infrastructures. Luxury megayacht Nord, reportedly tied to billionaire Alexei Mordashov, anchored in Hong Kong waters on ...

Europe’s burdensome rules and upward spending trajectory contrast with America’s deregulation and dynamism, widening the transatlantic economic divide. June 7: Thousands marched in London against ...

With global energy demand on the rise, the fossil fuel-rich region seeks to expand its energy capacity to include renewable and nuclear sources. Electricity has long been one of the greatest enablers ...

President Trump’s renewed quest for Greenland sheds light on Arctic ambitions and escalating global tensions over space, trade routes, military strategy and resources. The Arctic and space are ...

Factory-built reactors offer a scalable, low-carbon solution for climate and digital needs yet still face legacy challenges to nuclear deployment. July 2023: The factory-assembled core of a small ...

Since its creation in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) had seldom drawn the kind of attention generated by its 2025 summit in Tianjin. The event featured the first high-level meeting ...

Iran’s sway in the oil market is fading as global supply chains diversify and new producers emerge, with China buying most of its exports at a discount. Iran remains a major oil producer, but its ...

China’s dominance over rare earths gives Beijing powerful leverage in trade, technology and strategic negotiations. Metal cubes representing rare earth elements including neodymium (Nd), praseodymium ...

Global institutions were born out of post-war idealism, but they have failed to prevent conflict. Rather than a functioning mechanism for peace, the UN has become a bureaucratically driven institution ...

Hungary, a member of both the European Union and NATO, is increasingly looking eastward to counterbalance its reliance on the West. As long as it remains part of the Western alliance system, Budapest ...

The United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical and analytical agency within the Department of Energy, projects that the country will set a new oil production record this ...