Non-bank lending, a growing yet often misunderstood sector, provides valuable services outside traditional regulatory frameworks, but comes with its own perils. A woman looks out from a retail kiosk ...

Recent U.S. and European developments have sparked heightened debates over immigration policy, highlighting distinct cultural, economic and security challenges. Jan. 19, 2025: U.S. Border Patrol ...

New outbound investment screening measures on securing strategic technologies in global supply chains are set to intensify. March 3, 2025: The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) ...

President Trump has renewed U.S. interest in Greenland to counter Chinese and Russian influence in the Arctic. Flags from the Faroe Islands, Denmark, Greenland and ...

Since 2011, Libya has been in turmoil, facing a divided state, stalled elections, militia control and unsuccessful UN stabilization efforts. Feb. 17, 2025: Thousands ...

Dr. Amatzia Baram is a Middle East Forum Writing Fellow, as well as a professor emeritus at the Department of the History of the Middle East and Director of the Centre for Iraq Studies at the ...

Global trade flows are shifting and fragmenting, while Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Vladimir Putin could complicate matters further. Cars lined up for export ...

Europe’s path to renewed strength lies in decentralization, reduced government control, deregulation and responsible leadership, not in expropriation. A race in ...

Pawel Kowal is a Polish politician, political scientist and historian. Currently a professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences and a former member of the Polish Parliament, he was a secretary of state ...

Keep your eye on one thing and one thing only: how much government is spending, because that’s the true tax. … If you’re not paying for it in the form of explicit taxes, you’re paying for it ...

Nepal’s future is characterized by political instability, economic vulnerabilities and shifting alliances with India, China and the United States. Activists ...

Dr. Ralph Mathekga started his studies in political science, law and economic history at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he completed his bachelor’s degree. He subsequently completed an ...