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How much will European agriculture lose as a result of this year's drought?

Economy TA | AP Insight - August 13, 2026.

A cloud of dust billows behind Maarten Janse’s tractor as he spreads a mixture of compost, straw and manure over a field to nourish the...

India seeks access to South Africa; China is already present

India Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 13, 2026.

On 12 August, India and the five countries of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) agreed to restart negotiations on a preferential trade agreement. After a...

Is China beginning to pump the brakes on its own AI rollout?

China Carl Benedikt Frey - August 13, 2026.

In late April, a Chinese court ruled that an AI firm could not legally dismiss an employee simply because his role had been automated. Shortly thereafter,...

Narratives of crisis boost Germany’s AfD

EU Ferry Biedermann - August 13, 2026.

Germany is in deep trouble, so goes the by now accepted narrative, economically and also, or hence, politically.  State-level elections in early September in Saxony-Anhalt and...

Lebanon passes a controversial general amnesty law

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 12, 2026.

Lebanon's parliament Wednesday passed a controversial general amnesty law, a day after a majority of legislators voted to formally abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers who backed...

The danger of empty deterrence – the lesson from Leipzig

Politics Sean Wiswesser - August 12, 2026.

The drone discovered at Germany’s Leipzig Airport this past week should finally end any illusions in the West that Russia’s hybrid war campaign remains confined...

The US economy continues to motor ahead, but what could possibly go wrong?

Economy Barry Eichengreen - August 12, 2026.

Exhibiting an apparently limitless ability to shrug off bad news, the US economy continues to motor ahead. Real (inflation-adjusted) GDP grew at a seasonally adjusted annual...

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