The Pope! How many divisions has he got?” This remark, most often attributed to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during a 1935 exchange with French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval, sums up how little was ...

The Iran conflict has laid bare Japan’s reliance on Middle Eastern oil, pushing Tokyo toward U.S.-aligned diversification.

Iran’s internal crisis is weakening the regime, but Western concessions would reinforce Tehran and undermine prospects for lasting change and regional peace.

Baltic states are on edge as Moscow’s hybrid warfare poses a growing threat that is already testing NATO’s resolve.

Open sources warned that killing Khamenei would trigger the closure of the strait and empower the IRGC. The 2026 U.S.-Israeli ...

There is plenty to worry about in France’s economy, but the outlook is not entirely bleak. The French unemployment rate has not fallen below 7 percent since the 1970s. In the second quarter of 2026, ...

As Germany and France falter, Italy and Poland are emerging as Europe’s new engines of growth, identity and security.

Sweden’s reversal mandating the continued use of physical currency exposes uncomfortable weaknesses in Europe’s digital-money ...

New Delhi sees BRICS+ as a flexible platform for advancing strategic autonomy and global leadership, but rivalry with China and internal divisions limit the group’s cohesion. Over 30 days in May and ...

The Iran war and doubts about American protection are pushing the Gulf toward Chinese, Indian and Turkish partnerships. July 26, 2026: A satellite image shows smoke rising from Saudi Aramco’s Jazan ...