This is the third installment in a GIS series on spacepower. Read about great power competition and China’s orbital ambitions. Grand strategy works by keeping a state’s political purpose aligned with ...

The run-up to every NATO summit is tense, if not nerve-wracking – and this year’s summit in Ankara on July 7-8 is no exception. Allied heads of state and government are preparing to meet in the ...

Strait of Hormuz tensions and sanctions have pushed oil trade toward yuan, stablecoins and alternative rails, threatening the dollar’s global primacy. For decades, the petrodollar has been the ...

Ever since the failure to reach an agreement during high-level United States-Iran talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, in early April, there has been ongoing volatility in global commodities and financial ...

Latin America is undergoing a political transformation. Seven countries in the region have recently or will soon hold elections: Bolivia, Honduras, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia and Brazil, in ...

A sharp disruption to oil supply has pushed prices higher, but the market response so far suggests a relatively contained reaction. The latest escalation in the Middle East came as a shock to global ...

Over the past year and until the current Iran war, the United States dollar has offered a mixed picture in two respects. Its exchange rate has weakened against the euro and the British pound (from ...

Myanmar’s rare earth deposits have drawn international attention, but multiple challenges stand in the way of translating this potential into a stable supply chain Myanmar’s most conflict-ridden ...

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the country has become one of the most heavily sanctioned in modern history. Unprecedented and coordinated measures from the United ...

Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, is guiding the country under U.S. oversight following Maduro’s capture, with amnesty and oil reforms underway. Jan. 15, 2026, Caracas, Venezuela: Venezuela ...

As a two-year consumer and liquidity-fueled boom petered out in 2025, the economy has transitioned into a complex mix of resilience and stagnation. Sep. 3, 2025: Managing sanctions and trade flows in ...

Washington’s move from sanctions to force reshapes Venezuela’s oil outlook and long-term global market dynamics. Jan. 5: Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen handcuffed in custody of ...