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...
Environmental and Political Reconciliation Needed for the South China Sea
The South China Sea is a unique natural laboratory for ocean research and exploration. And yet, this rifted basin, dotted with atolls, coral reefs...
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...
Zimbabwe’s cyber city: Urban utopia or surveillance menace?
HARARE — In a fertile stretch of fields and farms dubbed New Harare, Zimbabwe is building a high-tech “cyber city” a world away from...
East Asian Demographic Crisis Threatens the Global Economy
Catastrophic population decline is putting a quarter of global GDP at risk. China, Japan and South Korea are all facing dramatic demographic declines. Japan...
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...
Iran Aims to Gain Stronger Foothold in Central Asia
Almost a year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Central Asian region continues to grapple with the ripple effects of the changing geopolitical environment. ...
The Persistence of Great-Power Politics
At the Munich Security Conference in February 2022, mere days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s newly minted foreign minister, argued...
Why North Korea is denying its involvement in Russia’s war in Ukraine
In a case of history repeating itself, the Korean War is set to be revived. Not on the Korean Peninsula but in Eastern Europe....