By GIORGIO CUSCITO 1. The People’s Republic of China wants to use a future, stable ceasefire between the Russian Federation ...

Moscow’s announcement of a dramatic increase in the size of the Russian army by 180,000 new recruits appears to threaten a major increase in... News reports tying China to Brazil are fairly rare from ...

(click to enlarge) China's latest data show rapid export growth but weak domestic demand, resulting in poor import numbers. This highlights Beijing's challenge: boosting overall growth without ...

How cyclical are U.S. events and history? GPF Chairman and Gallup Senior Adviser George Friedman discusses his new book, "The Storm Before the Calm." Pointing to key moments in history, Friedman ...

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The ground war in Ukraine appears to have come to a halt. There is, of course, continued movement at the tactical level, but a ...

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High stakes. Israeli special forces carried out a raid this week on a facility in Syria that produced weapons for Hezbollah, The New York Times reported. According to the story, Israel seized ...

On Sept. 14, Ukraine again asked the West for permission to strike deeper into Russian territory. The request came a day after U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met in ...

China’s latest data show rapid export growth but weak domestic demand, resulting in poor import numbers. This highlights Beijing’s challenge: boosting overall growth without over-relying on exports ...

Russian advances. Russia has reportedly launched a major counteroffensive in the southwestern region of Kursk. It apparently made significant headway on the western flank of the Ukraine’s position in ...

Iran-Iraq relations. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Iraq on Wednesday for a two-day visit, his first trip abroad since taking office in July. He held ...