Scenarios for Europe, part 2: The situation escalates
Trump term mean for Europe? Part two of our series explores the escalation scenario: When an old friendship begins to ...
With new funding and deals, Japan hopes to become a major AI power
The U.S. and China have dominated the AI race to date, but Japan now aims to catch up with the help of major deals and ...
How a fugitive drug lord found a home among West Africa’s elite
Despite being wanted by European authorities, a billionaire cocaine trafficker is seen in videos with political elites in ...
High potential, high risk: The Taliban's desert water project
The Qosh Tepa Canal is intended to open up huge areas for agriculture in northern Afghanistan. The main canal could be ...
In America's new geopolitics, five spheres of influence matter
The United States is not retreating into isolationism. Rather, President Donald Trump appears to want to shape a new global ...
China is keeping Vladimir Putin’s war machine humming
Despite Western sanctions, China continues to export dual-use goods to Russia’s defense sector – including video game gear ...
Riches buried in the Sahara fuel a perilous gold rush
A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...
Scenarios for Europe, part 1: Salvaging what's left
What does Trump mean for European countries? In the first part of this three-part series, we look at a scenario of stagnation ...
Argentina’s pensioners are hit hard by Javier Milei's austerity measures, but protests are muted
Pensioners are being hit especially hard by the Argentine government's austerity measures, but the opposition is failing to ...
Despite Trump's hopes, mining in Greenland still faces major challenges
Donald Trump claims that Greenland is a raw materials paradise. But despite its wealth of critical minerals, mining there is ...
New measure of world's most «stable» countries offers surprises
A new global ranking postulates that a country's economic attractiveness should be measured not by its mere competitiveness ...
The UAE's spy-in-chief is turning his country into a global AI power
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan heads the UAE's spy services, and also manages investment funds worth $1.5 trillion. He has made massive global investments in the AI sector even as he arranges for ...