The diplomatic air between Brussels and Tehran has never been thinner. Not since 1992, when a state-sponsored hit squad opened fire in a Berlin restaurant, has the relationship been this toxic. But ...

German minority groups such as the Transylvanian Saxons and the Banat Swabians have a long, rich history in Romania. However, political strife as well as benefits elsewhere drove German cultural ...

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Between December 2025 and January 2026, Bangladesh witnessed renewed violence targeting religious minorities, especially Hindus, amid political unrest following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster.

What can a 1907 novel teach us about contemporary terrorism? The modernist author Joseph Conrad “can be read,” British philosopher John Gray provocatively argued, “as the first great political ...

The vast Russian Federation, spanning two continents with over 180 ethnicities and a multitude of religions, presents a complex governance challenge. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia became ...

Just five days into the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, signs of mission creep — a military mission reaching beyond its initial goals — had already begun emerging. What began as a limited ...

Historian Crane Brinton’s book, The Anatomy of Revolution, highlights five similarities between four historic revolutions. These range from class antagonism to inefficient government machinery and ...

Despite its domineering international presence and resolute claim to democracy, the US has never been truly democratic. While the Western superpower does have some features of democracy, many ...

China's economy is grappling with a mounting debt crisis, particularly at the local government level, driven by fiscal deficits, shrinking land revenues and implicit debt burdens. This article ...

India’s economic growth is slowing down because the post-Covid bounce ...

As the war in Ukraine grinds toward its fourth winter, a parallel conflict is being fought not in the trenches of the Donbas, but in Brussels. The weapon of choice is neither artillery nor drones, but ...