Russia’s withdrawal from key conflict zones leaves the U.S. with selective gains, while China and Turkiye are stepping up to expand their influence. Jan. 15, 2026, Moscow, Russia: President Vladimir ...

This is part two of a GIS series on drones. Part one is available here. To what extent have drones changed modern warfare? While the answer is still being debated, what is certain is that unmanned ...

Illicit gold financing networks prolong the Sudan war, while the neighbors who can help most are embroiled in their own disagreements. The conflict that ignited in Sudan in April 2023 began as a power ...

Lessons from history highlight Europe’s urgent need to adapt to a transforming global order. Europe cannot live in decadent isolation forever. © GIS – This ...

The Iran conflict is disrupting India’s energy supplies and remittances, forcing New Delhi to balance ties with Iran, the U.S., Israel and Gulf states. The Indian tanker Jag Vasant, which had been ...

What appears to be a transatlantic rift is, in fact, a return to America’s original hemispheric identity. U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visit a golf course on ...

Alejandro Peña Esclusa is a Venezuelan engineer, writer, analyst and political consultant. He holds a master’s degree in Security and Defense and graduated from the Venezuelan Higher Institute for ...

Emmanuel Martin is senior lecturer in economics at the Law and Political Sciences department at Aix-Marseille University in France. He has also taught micro- and macroeconomics, and international ...

is Senior Fellow for India and South Asia at the Hudson Institute.

The Human Rights Council of the United Nations is unable to confront serious human rights situations evenhandedly. The divergent interests of the UN membership makes reform of the Human Rights Council ...

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 ...

Once hailed as a beacon of democracy and the world’s top reformer, Georgia stood at the forefront of the post-Soviet transformation. It was the first country in the region to pursue deep institutional ...