The emergence of China as an international lender has changed the landscape of global development finance. Since the early 2000s, the Chinese government and its state-owned banks have provided record…

Upon his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order labelling Mexican cartels as ‘foreign terrorist organizations’ (FTOs) and confirmed a twenty-five percent tariff against Mexico as part of a…

Imperialism is a contentious word. It raises painful memories of sprawling and predatory European colonies in the Global South. In more recent times, critics of the US-led international order condemned…

Originally published on October 12, 2025 Revised and updated on November 13, 2025 By Edward P. Joseph, Lecturer & Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute; Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Johns…

As mainstream media fixates on the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, our goal with this issue is to shed light on equally devastating—yet underreported—conflicts unfolding elsewhere. This…

On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, the administration launched a concerted attack on the U.S. foreign aid framework,[1] sending shockwaves through the global humanitarian landscape. Under a cloud…

History knows only very few examples of attempts to rebuild once collapsed empires, but it looks as if Vladimir Putin’s Russia is exhibiting such an attempt. More than a decade…

Despite stark contrasts—if not outright opposition—between modern China and the United States, subtle yet undeniable parallels have emerged across society, economy, and politics. These similarities are shaped by mutual influences…

Statecraft, long considered an art requiring years of study and profound human behavioral insight, is now entering an era defined by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Traditionally guided by complex emotions and…