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It was at the 2007 Munich Security Conference that Russian President Vladimir Putin first signalled a cooling of Russian-Western relations. Soon thereafter,...

Former German Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel and Zaki Laïdi of Sciences Po deserve credit for writing dueling commentaries about a recent...

On January 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government suddenly announced that an additional 10 per cent of school seats and government jobs would be set...

The decision to postpone Nigeria’s presidential election, made just hours before polls were due to open, has raised fears about the integrity of the...

There is a subtle yet important change occurring in how political leaders think about international trade, including how to remedy long-standing...

Mainstream economics has a tendency to decide on some “established” conclusions, and then hold to them, notwithstanding all evidence to the contrary....

Around the world, ever more countries and regions are promising to stop emitting carbon dioxide sometime in the future. The European Union is winning...

As concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide surpass 400 parts per million, the costs of the climate crisis – in terms of economic losses,...

Last year, Pakistan witnessed the second successful democratic transition in its 71-year history, with Prime Minister Imran Khan taking office after his...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recorded a total of 68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide in 2017, the highest number...