Southeast Asia faces surging energy demand, climate risks and rising protectionism, threatening clean-tech supply chains, cooperation and affordable transitions. An electric power plant in Bangkok, ...

In late 2025, the European Union agreed to accelerate the removal of the customs-duty exemption for imported parcels valued under 150 euros, a technical change that will take effect from mid-2026.

Global markets are witnessing a powerful resurgence in the prices of minerals and industrial metals, with several key materials recording triple-digit annual gains and others entering the early stages ...

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 ...

Ignoring lessons from history will inevitably lead to repeating old failures. © GIS – This cartoon is available for sale in our shop. The European Council summit ...

British historian Eric Hobsbawm identified 1914 as the true beginning of the 20th century, the moment when the long 19th century’s relative stability was shattered, and humanity entered decades of ...

Strikes on Iran’s regime could reshape the Middle East. Weakening Tehran’s leadership may open the path to change inside Iran and regional peace. The people of ...

The U.S. has banned a digital dollar. Meanwhile, Europe is racing ahead with its digital euro. Representative Tom Emmer, a Republican from Minnesota, during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on ...

Iran’s sway in the oil market is fading as global supply chains diversify and new producers emerge, with China buying most of its exports at a discount. Iran remains a major oil producer, but its ...

After a rapprochement with Europe followed by an inconclusive attempt to join the European Union in the 1990s and early 2000s, Turkey shifted its focus to Africa. At first, this pivot was motivated by ...

The popularity of conservative nationalist movements and political parties is on the rise. One shared position is support for more restrictive immigration policies. Recent political events in Europe ...

President Trump has renewed U.S. interest in Greenland to counter Chinese and Russian influence in the Arctic. Flags from the Faroe Islands, Denmark, Greenland and the United States are displayed in ...