Once designed to protect economies from political influence, central banks have instead become political actors in their own right. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell takes questions from reporters ...

As U.S.-China tensions deepen, the CPTPP is emerging as a potential third pillar for global trade and stability. The then Canadian trade minister with the president of a Japanese company at an event ...

Since its creation in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) had seldom drawn the kind of attention generated by its 2025 summit in Tianjin. The event featured the first high-level meeting ...

Surging precious metal prices are not mere market fluctuations, but a fundamental repricing of long-term risk and strategic value in an increasingly fragmented world. This year has proven to be a ...

As the Dalai Lama declares that his successor will be found in the free world, Beijing escalates efforts to appoint its own. July 5: The 14th Dalai Lama offers prayers during a ceremony before his ...

Military juntas, foreign mercenaries and resource rivalries now define the Sahel’s shifting geopolitical order. A mine worker hammers a large ingot of gold in Loulo, Mali. The country is Africa’s ...

Argentina’s elections reaffirmed President Javier Milei’s reform agenda. His free-market measures are delivering results – and offer lessons for Europe. President Javier Milei’s free-market reforms ...