Nepal’s recovery from August’s catastrophic glacial flood will test the efficiency of the UN’s Fund for Responding to Loss ...

As fighting escalates in Tigray and neighbouring areas, there are fears that Ethiopia’s internal instability could spill over ...

Brazil’s 2026 election pits competing visions of democracy, economic policy, security and foreign policy against deep voter ...

As statistics authorities across the globe start to publish inflation data for the month of April, the scale of the Hormuz inflation shock is slowly becoming visible. The US announced its Consumer ...

Both Lula and the younger Bolsonaro face high levels of voter rejection. More than 54 per cent of Brazilian voters disapprove ...

Denmark used its soft power to rally support and took the dispute out of the limelight – addressing underlying US interests ...

The new US National Security Strategy (NSS), unveiled on 5 December, has been influenced by various interest groups and personalities, from those in Washington who prioritize containing China and ...

The US and Israel celebrated their June attacks on Iran’s nuclear installations as having degraded the country’s nuclear programme ‘by up to two years’. But verifying that claim is difficult, and the ...

Image — US Vice President and Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves as she boards Air Force Two at Indianapolis International Airport in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 24 July 2024. Photo ...

The success of any coalition seeking to maintain open shipping lanes under the potential threat of renewed violence in the Gulf will depend less on military might and more on how it is designed. From ...

Jihadist and Tuareg separatist militants launched a sequence of shocking attacks across Mali on 25-26 April. The unprecedented scale, geographical spread and levels of coordination demonstrated by the ...

Policy options Government and opposition parties argue, correctly, that the UK’s only escape from the current pernicious debt and interest rate dynamic lies in raising long-term economic growth.