Amid a global system in flux, the international community must decide: reinforce old norms through unified action or acquiesce to a future defined by coercion and unilateralism.

As seen in the recent Orion critical minerals deal, the next chapter of mining consolidation will likely be defined through state-backed consortiums as opposed to organic market forces that culminate ...

New tariff authority tied to Iran-linked trade and renewed US maritime guidance near the Strait of Hormuz show a familiar pattern: Washington is turning “national security” tools into daily friction ...

The US-India interim framework on secondary tariffs is less the epilogue to a short trade dispute than a trial by fire for tariff conditionality as a sanctions enforcement instrument.

This week we examine Trump’s embrace of the Chavista regime in Venezuela, reports of multiple assassination attempts targeting President al-Shaara in Syria, Beijing’s accelerating efforts to offload ...

The instincts driving the Trump administration’s domestic policy increasingly align with its foreign-policy posture: a readiness to discard norms and constraints in the name of expediency.

A recent landmark report is sounding the alarm on the risks of unregulated AI advancement. Will governments listen?

The ‘ASEAN Way’ has failed to protect Philippines sovereignty in the South China Sea, so Manila is taking matters into its own hands and pursuing minilateral agreements with likeminded powers.

The highly personalized nature of the Eritrea regime has allowed Isaias Afwerki to remain in power for decades, but there’s neither a plan nor an institutional mechanism to stabilize the country when ...

This week we examine warning signs that EU critical minerals policy is falling short in its diversification efforts, ...