As statistics authorities across the globe start to publish inflation data for the month of April, the scale of the Hormuz ...

The dominance of the US and China in AI development poses a significant conundrum for the rest of the world. For middle powers, the establishment of ‘sovereign AI’ strategies, which allow a country to ...

Foreign aid cuts present security and geopolitical challenges for the UK. To remain influential in this new era of aid scarcity, the UK must cooperate with European allies and other donors to develop ...

Increasing global tensions have led some experts to suggest that formal control of nuclear weapons is no longer feasible. Some strategists in nuclear weapons states are even questioning whether it is ...

President Donald Trump travels to Beijing this week with the US’s alliance structure under enormous strain. Washington has fewer partners at its side, and a weaker hand to play. It doesn’t have to be ...

Explaining the link between heatwaves and climate change, the impacts of extreme heat, and what governments and cities are doing to adapt. Image — Residents are collecting drinking water from a tanker ...

Zeitenwende’ – that deliberately weighty term coined by former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following Russia’s invasion of ...

Image — World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers his report before delegates during the World Health Assembly in Geneva on 19 May 2025. Photo by FABRICE ...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has revealed a key threat to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 strategy and plans for economic ...

Following the re-election of President Donald Trump in November last year, Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership expressed hopes of opening ‘a new chapter’ in relations with the US. Afghanistan has not ...

There are four possible outcomes for Russia’s war on Ukraine: ‘long war’, ‘frozen conflict’, ‘victory for Ukraine’, and ‘defeat for Ukraine’. This paper outlines how these scenarios may take shape, ...

Japan is a successful democratic state with strong institutions, regular elections, and a thriving free press. The democracy is remarkably stable and has not experienced populist movements which have ...