The United States Department of Defense has announced a landmark agreement with MP Materials, which owns the only rare earth mine in the United States, at Mountain Pass, California. The deal, unveiled ...

The 15% rate imposed by the recent EU-US trade deal will fundamentally restructure trade, energy, and defense flows across the Atlantic, advancing US economic and strategic priorities and putting the ...

If the Trump administration is serious about creating a new security architecture in the Middle East, it cannot afford to leave Yemen out of the equation. The shockwaves of the US and Israeli strikes ...

This week we cover the new US-EU trade deal, ongoing fighting at the Thailand-Cambodia border, signs of a new permanent partition of Sudan, and the geopolitical consequences of a failed recall ...

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In an ongoing effort to sow social discord and create political costs for supporting Ukraine, Moscow is pushing the envelope on gray zone warfare. This backgrounder examines the costs and benefits of ...

President Trump may have been trying to ‘reverse Nixon’ Russia-China axis in order to drive a wedge between the two, but so far he has achieved the opposite outcome.

The idea of the Kra Canal has been a topic of discussion for centuries, as the promise of an alternative route between the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand could revolutionize shipping and reshape ...

Exploring the potential geoeconomic impacts of the world’s most advanced central bank digital currency (CBDC), China’s e-yuan.