China has entered a deflationary cycle, exposing stark economic disparities amid slowing growth and cautious policy changes. China has been facing ongoing deflation, with prices declining for six ...

Increasingly frequent incidents of deliberate underwater sabotage targeting critical fiber optics, power cables and pipelines raise significant global security concerns. In the early hours of November ...

Domestic challenges in China are leading to a modest rethink of Southeast Asia’s economic and geopolitical strategies. Children at a China-ASEAN Expo in September 2024 view models of future low-carbon ...

As violent crime surges across much of Europe, restrictive policies and eroded rights to self-defense leave citizens vulnerable. European politics deters self-defense ...

The president-elect’s geopolitical ambitions, blending boldness and controversy, reflect historical patterns of strategic U.S. expansion. The United States has a ...

President-elect Trump’s proposed tariff increases may yield short-term gains but will also harm consumers and industries in the long term. As Donald Trump prepares ...

As South Africa takes the G20 helm, it aims to spotlight African economic issues while confronting global geopolitical tensions. South Africa took on the presidency of the G20 on December 1, 2024, ...

European bonds could shift fiscal power to Brussels, potentially destabilizing the European Union. The European Central Bank could act as a guarantor for bonds issued ...

is the executive director of the Mongolia Development Strategy Institute.

Dr. Amatzia Baram is a Middle East Forum Writing Fellow, as well as a professor emeritus at the Department of the History of the Middle East and Director of the Centre for Iraq Studies at the ...

Stefan Hedlund is a widely published author, researcher and lecturer focusing on Nordic, Russian, Central Asian and post-Soviet affairs. He is based in Sweden. Currently, he is director of research at ...

Teresa Nogueira Pinto is an African affairs expert. She earned her PhD in global studies from the department of social and human sciences at Nova University in Lisbon with a thesis entitled ...