Reversing his decision to defer to the ruling party, Yoon implied that the main opposition Democratic Party was the “anti-state forces” he referred to in his declaration of martial law.

BRICS states’ de-dollarization efforts are unlikely to beat the greenback’s continuing preference globally.

The U.S. defense industry could experience short-term mineral shortages and higher prices – not to mention the impact on the U.S. economy more broadly.

Ishiba is in a far weaker political position than his immediate predecessors – and has far more international volatility to contend with.

In the region of Myanmar now held by the Arakan Army, the impacts of war and decades of economic neglect are easily visible.

The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami sparked the world’s largest humanitarian and disaster recovery effort. But 20 years on, governments still fail to sufficiently integrate disaster reduction into longer-term strategic thinking.

“The Trump administration can have a tough-on-China policy, or it can have a tough-on-allies policy, but it probably cannot have both.”