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Triple whammy of El Niño, Iran war and climate change bears down on food security

Globalization Sharmila Devi - May 29, 2026.

If predictions of a “super El Niño” ocean warming event are realised later this year, the global economy could be hit hard by yet more...

It's official: Wes Streeting wants to be Britain's next prime minister

UK TA | AP Insight - May 17, 2026.

Wes Streeting's ambition to head the British government was one of the worst-kept secrets in U.K. politics. But if anyone was unaware, it's now official —...

After the war Iran will remain a destabilizing force in the Middle East

Middle East Shlomo Ben-Ami - May 14, 2026.

Major wars usher in new international orders. The Thirty Years’ War brought the Peace of Westphalia. The Napoleonic Wars gave rise to the Concert of...

Two aging leaders do not hold the cards to end the wars they started

Politics Carl Bildt - May 18, 2026.

Two aging leaders are struggling to get out of disastrous wars that they personally drove their countries into. Neither is succeeding.  When Russian President Vladimir Putin...

EU budget battle reveals existential angst

EU Ferry Biedermann - May 28, 2026.

There’s a famous quip about European inability to act on the world stage, attributed, probably wrongly, to Henry Kissinger: Who do I call if I...

The biggest shift of the global balance of power after the Cold War

Politics Ian Bremmer - May 7, 2026.

The US-Israeli war with Iran has done much more than destabilize the Middle East, trigger a surge in energy and other prices, and disrupt the...

India and America between strategic partnership and regional rivalry

India Brahma Chellaney - June 4, 2026.

On his recent visit to India, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio predictably touted India as one of America’s “most important strategic partners,” citing the...

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