This is part three of the GIS series on the Crisis of Leadership. Part one can be found here and the second installment here. France, the second-largest economy of the European Union and an essential ...

Russia has increased its engagement in Africa, focusing on military presence, energy and infrastructure to secure resources and counter Western influence. April 22, 2021: An American senator reviews a ...

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 ...

Surging precious metal prices are not mere market fluctuations, but a fundamental repricing of long-term risk and strategic value in an increasingly fragmented world. This year has proven to be a ...

For almost two years since taking office, Argentine President Javier Milei has ridden a wave of optimism, promising a bold economic turnaround. As a far-right libertarian, he tackled decades of ...

The development of a non-Western payment system is gathering pace. BRICS countries are moving their focus from the ambitious goal of a shared BRICS currency to more feasible targets, such as increased ...

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 ...

Transnational organized crime poses an increasingly serious threat to public safety, democratic governance and state legitimacy in Latin America. Once primarily concentrated in countries like Mexico ...

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 ...

In a world teetering between authoritarianism and apathy, the new pope has a choice – challenge injustice or repeat the mistakes of silence and compromise. Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost in the U.S ...

A major geopolitical realignment is dismantling traditional foreign aid systems in favor of limited measures to bolster strategic national interests. A man in Nakuru, Kenya, reads a newspaper in ...

Struggles with stagnating GDP growth and budget disagreements are compelling South African policymakers to urgently address long-standing economic challenges. March 12, 2025: People Against Budget ...