In the past six months, Beijing has emerged as a diplomatic crossroads for all permanent members of the UN Security Council. The latest arrival was a familiar figure to his Chinese host: Russian ...

The gold trade connects Sudan’s civil war to the wider region and highlights the roles that commodities play in perpetuating violent conflict. Even before the start of the civil war in 2023, Sudan’s ...

On 7 June Armenia will hold one of its most pivotal elections since regaining independence in 1991. The vote arrives as the country is poised between a painful redefinition of its identity and a still ...

Cairo is working with regional partners for a diplomatic resolution to the war as it aims to improve its economy, counter ...

In a joint statement issued on 6 February the Trump administration announced it had reached an agreement to lower tariffs on India. The agreement has reduced the reciprocal tariff on India from 25 per ...

As summer winds down, Beijing has entered diplomatic high season by packing two major events into a single week: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in the northeastern city of Tianjin ...

Image — A photo taken on 19 August 2012 shows a woman standing on the banks of a 'toxic lake' surrounded by rare earth refineries near the inner Mongolian city of Baotou. Photo credit should read Ed ...

Image — Imported bauxite ore is loaded onto a train in Yantai Port, Shandong Province, China in April 2026. (Photo credit CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Senior Research Fellow, Global ...

Half the hall in Munich gave US Secretary of State Marco Rubio a standing ovation following his speech – out of relief at his declaration that ‘the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own’.

The EU AI Act is by far the world’s most comprehensive legal framework on AI. Its rules on general-purpose AI (GPAI) models began to enter into application this month. The Act is complex and carries ...

All in person places are fully booked and only online attendance is now available. In his first public event in the United Kingdom, President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Chatham House to discuss his vision ...

President Donald Trump has started a new reality in the Middle East, regardless of what comes next. Did he also torpedo the hostage deal in Gaza? Possibly. What other outcome should people expect if ...