Survey: EU’s influence surging in Southeast Asia
A survey has found that more people in Southeast Asia would prefer to engage with the EU, amid US-China rivalry in the region. In...
India, world’s largest democracy, leads global list of internet shutdowns
India imposed the highest number of internet shutdowns globally in 2022, a new report has revealed, in what critics say is yet another blow...
Russia-Ukraine conflict cost world economy $1.6t in 2022
Without the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the global economy would have generated an additional $1.6 trillion in 2022, according to a study published by the German...
Russian Invasion Changed Europe’s Security Environment ‘for Decades’
PENTAGON — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year ago has sparked a long-term transformation across European defenses, a top U.S. general told VOA, as...
Under new US weapons sale rules, ‘security sector governance’ is king
WASHINGTON — Countries must follow required security practices and procedures if they want to buy US made weapons under the Biden administration’s updated Conventional...
No economic ‘knockout’ yet from West’s sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON — One month into the invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden stood in the courtyard of a grand Polish castle and laid out...
Civil Liberties Groups: European governments continued weakening democracy in 2022
In a democracy, we decide how our elected representatives use the powers and resources we’ve delegated to them. When citizens are in charge, we...
4 takeaways from this year’s important Munich Security Conference
Dubbed the Davos of Defense, the Munich Security Conference attracts heads of state, generals, intelligence chiefs and top diplomats from around the world. With...
Militant in Iran identified as al-Qaeda’s probable new chief in U.N report
Saif al-Adel, who is wanted by the United States in connection with the 1998 bombings of its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, has been...
2023 global economy to be shaped by high inflation and geopolitics
High inflation and low growth are expected to mark the global economy in 2023. However, it will cope better than initially expected with the...