When ‘maximum’ economic pressure fails to bring regime change, and rhetoric has made diplomacy politically impossible, ...

Recent assassinations in Aden are likely to undermine confidence in the Yemeni government’s ability to maintain security for ...

Is the Ukraine war beginning to bite for the average Russian? The economic crisis is tightening, and Moscow and St Petersburg are increasingly subject to lengthy internet and mobile blackouts. Fearing ...

The war in Iran has made China’s future posture in the Gulf more uncertain. Some analysts have rushed to conclude that the war has revealed China’s absence and proved that the US is the only reliable ...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has revealed a key threat to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 strategy and plans for economic ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s radical economic policy platform has gathered huge attention. But the big long-term dangers to the US economy lie in other steps he has outlined that would undermine the ...

A US Department of War memo reignited debate over ownership – which is complicated by Argentine independence, British ...

The nervousness of Ukrainian leadership is understandable. Since Donald Trump’s re-election, Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost no time in preparing the ground for a direct discussion between ...

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The latest attacks, following months of JNIM raids on Mali’s vital fuel supplies, show the need for negotiation at a regional ...

Seventeen months of war in Sudan have resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians and displaced 10 million people – 2 million into neighbouring countries and 8 million internally. The war ...