After years of explosive growth, experts are now pointing to potential cracks in AI’s foundation. Astronomical industry valuations, vast levels of investment and a promise of exponential progress have ...

Image — Senior Chinese officials arrive for a press conference of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on 24 October 2025. Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images. Any ...

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 ...

Americans go to the polls on 3 November to elect a third of the US Senate and all the House of Representatives. The Republicans currently have majorities in both chambers of Congress. But their ...

Groups such as the PMF, Hezbollah or the Houthis are not mere ‘non-state actors’, but are entrenched within state structures and wield significant power in their own right. Axis members have developed ...

Image — President Donald Trump signs executive orders following the Presidential Parade at Capital One Arena on 20 January 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty ...

The UK government’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR), published this week, clearly prioritizes the UK’s contribution to NATO and European security, setting out plans to orient the armed forces around ...

As the world becomes geopolitically more fragmented, conflicts are increasing in complexity and number – up by almost three-quarters since the 2000s. In this shifting order, conflict is being ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD)’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt’s election is a historic breakthrough and, without doubt, a turning point in German democracy. Since 1945 no party labelled extreme right ...

This policy paper argues that elections held too soon, and under current conditions, could lead to further instability in Haiti. The CEP’s intervention is an opportunity to shift the focus from ...

At NATO’s July summit in Ankara, leaders will gather as Russia’s war on Ukraine shows no sign of abating, doubts continue about the commitment of the United States to the alliance and the Iran war ...

On 27 January, US President Donald Trump surprised many with a blunt warning on social media: if Iraq reinstated the veteran politician Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister, the US would withdraw its ...