Opening the Türkiye-Armenia frontier could cut costs, revive rail links and bring visitors through Kars. But traffic is not prosperity. Unless goods stop, businesses grow and jobs remain, Kars may become a corridor from which others profit.
Ankara marked a genuine transfer of conventional responsibility from Washington to its allies. But budgets are rising faster than command, integration and strategic enablers. Europe can carry more of NATO. It still cannot replace America.
Public records reveal a layered effort spanning a foundation-provided campaign hub, international lawyers, registered lobbyists, diaspora advocates and professional communications firms. The network is not secret, and its existence is not the scandal. The missing provenance often is.
Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, has articulated one of the technology industry's most ambitious visions for artificial intelligence.
“Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” has drawn large audiences in Chinese cinemas, and for good reason.
When the South Korean container ship PanStar Acro left Busan for Europe through the Arctic in August, its voyage seemed far removed from the war between the United States, Israel and Iran. In reality, the two developments are increasingly connected.
On 1 September 2026, the Non-Aligned Movement marked the 65th anniversary of its first conference. Belgrade once again hosted a high-level commemorative gathering at the movement's birthplace.
Something unusual is happening across societies otherwise separated by geography, political culture, economic development and historical experience.
In late April, Mali faced one of its most serious coordinated assaults in years.
The SCO has extraordinary demographic and economic weight. Its challenge is turning scale into coherent action without losing the diversity that gives the organisation its reach.
Poland’s economic and military rise is shifting Europe’s centre of gravity east, strengthening Warsaw’s influence on security and regional policy. But demographic decline and fiscal pressures could test how far - and how fast - it can sustain its ascent.
An Arctic shortcut between Asia and Europe is moving from theory to scheduled seasonal service. But every day saved at sea creates a new dependence on Russia—and a new contest over ships, science and rules.
In oil trading, the money is not only in the barrel. It is also in information, trust, financing, timing and the ability to bring the right people to the same table. The real question is how fairly that value is shared.
Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakistan have turned crisis diplomacy into a habit. The Istanbul meeting will show whether R4 can become more than a room in which four ministers compare notes.
Over the course of my career, I have met thousands of people across countries, cultures, religions and political systems. One of the more puzzling lessons I have learnt about human nature, however, has little to do with economics or political science.
The U.S. State Department has drafted a letter urging 35 countries to choose sides in the global AI race, but the rapid spread of open models highlights the limits of efforts to divide an increasingly interconnected technology ecosystem.
The collective-defence agreement between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signals that regional powers no longer want to rely solely on external security guarantees. Whether it becomes a stabilising deterrent or another axis of rivalry remains unresolved.
A decade ago, digital advertising in the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia was seen mainly as an additional sales channel alongside television, outdoor advertising and local media.
When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrated its 59th anniversary on August 8 in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, the occasion offered more than an opportunity to reflect on nearly six decades of regional integration.
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has increased the strategic importance of Bab al-Mandab, raising fears that instability in both waterways could trigger a wider global energy and trade crisis.
