This is part two of the GIS series on academic freedom. The first installment is available here. Universities are often idealized as neutral spaces of knowledge creation and critical thinking. However ...

Academic freedom, once the bedrock of universities, is facing internal threats as complacency and bureaucratization undermine independent thought and inquiry. This is part one of the GIS series on ...

The Gaza war tested Arab-Israeli normalization, yet strategic regional interests are prevailing under the umbrella of the Abraham Accords. The Mandala of Memory and Hope, with stones in Arabic, Hebrew ...

The latest wave of unrest has exposed deep structural weaknesses in the Iranian regime. A protester takes a selfie while holding a portrait of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during a protest against the ...

Factory-built reactors offer a scalable, low-carbon solution for climate and digital needs yet still face legacy challenges to nuclear deployment. July 2023: The factory-assembled core of a small ...

Surging precious metal prices are not mere market fluctuations, but a fundamental repricing of long-term risk and strategic value in an increasingly fragmented world. This year has proven to be a ...

The August 2025 Washington Joint Declaration on peace and connectivity, branded as the Transit, Regional Integration and Peace Project (TRIPP) and signed by Armenia and Azerbaijan with the United ...

China’s dominance over rare earths gives Beijing powerful leverage in trade, technology and strategic negotiations. Metal cubes representing rare earth elements including neodymium (Nd), praseodymium ...

Transnational organized crime poses an increasingly serious threat to public safety, democratic governance and state legitimacy in Latin America. Once primarily concentrated in countries like Mexico ...

Seismic shifts in foreign policy priorities fuel major differences between American and European sanctions regimes. Feb. 28: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a meeting with President Donald ...

The United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical and analytical agency within the Department of Energy, projects that the country will set a new oil production record this ...

A major geopolitical realignment is dismantling traditional foreign aid systems in favor of limited measures to bolster strategic national interests. A man in Nakuru, Kenya, reads a newspaper in ...