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Giorgia Meloni’s government appears to be the most stable in Europe today. The prime minister represents a coalition of parties that have partnered since the 1990s, her popularity ratings are solid ...

Moreover, the EU’s use of trade defense instruments, such as anti-dumping duties and safeguards, has grown in frequency and scope. These measures are often employed in response to perceived unfair ...

Scenarios International agencies have underperformed because they were designed to promote global policymaking. This goal has largely failed. Governments have consistently resisted ceding sovereignty ...

Among the many global challenges facing the United States, the one receiving scant public attention is the resurgence of al-Qaeda through Central Asia and the Middle East. Today, there is an active ...

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 ...

As the U.S. struggles to divide its rivals, its missteps contrast with China’s deft diplomacy and Russia’s strategic craftiness. May 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosting his Chinese counterpart ...

Few Europeans have heard of the Banking Union. Even fewer understand what it is meant to achieve, how it works or whether it actually works. Hardly anyone seems concerned that, despite years of hard ...

Operation Midnight Hammer dealt a major blow to Iran’s nuclear facilities, revealing the permanence of modern conflict – from hybrid warfare to shifting global alliances.

In December 1991, European leaders gathered in the small Dutch town of Maastricht for a meeting that would have significant long-term consequences. It was a watershed moment that capped four decades ...

In East Africa specifically, debt to China has created a sense of dependency that currently shows no signs of abating. From 2014 to 2024, African debt service to China increased by a factor of five, ...

Over three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, discussions on a European war economy to counter Russian expansionism have not yet materialized into accepted policy. Washington’s ...