As the 2026 USMCA review approaches, Canada and Mexico are launching a new bilateral "action plan" to deepen economic integration and coordinate on strategic sectors like critical minerals and energy ...

Religion has been a factor in violent conflict for thousands of years. Only recently has it been viewed as an instrument of peace, too. There are various cases in Africa where religion has been used ...

As the US, Russia and China engage in a highly visible competition in developing advanced weapons systems, behind the scenes another contest is quietly taking place: the race to export civil nuclear ...

On February 21, 2025 North Korean hackers executed the largest cryptocurrency heist to date, stealing approximately $1.5 billion worth of ETH. This incident highlights the ongoing need for more ...

The Colorado River and Rio Grande — two significant transboundary rivers at the US-Mexico border — are experiencing historic low water levels due to persistent droughts, increasing demand, and ...

Russia’s recruitment of soldiers to fight in its war in Ukraine has disproportionately drawn from the country’s Indigenous peoples. Individuals from these communities—most notably Buryats, Tuvans, ...

Amidst a deteriorating security environment in Europe following Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, doubt about further US engagement in the region, and growing calls for greater European ...

For decades, the US has taken the security of global sea lanes for granted, assuming that commercial and military shipping would always function smoothly. But while America remained complacent, China ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) models continue to improve and become more accessible, the harms stemming from their misuse also continue to grow. Some of the most heinous misuse includes ...

America is making a critical mistake in its AI strategy—it is overreaching in playing defense but doing the opposite in playing offense. While Washington is busy building regulatory walls to restrict ...

On January 13th, President Claudia Sheinbaum presented “Plan Mexico,” a vision for national development with 13 goals to reduce poverty and inequality. This plan entails a portfolio of 277 billion ...

Meghan Bodette and Aras Yussef share the results of a survey of 31 women co-chairs in the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. They find that while representation at all ...