The new government in Damascus is making its intentions clear.
The solutions to some of the Continent’s most pressing challenges are in Washington’s hands.
Tehran is reportedly scrambling to raise funds to support allied militias.
A launch ceremony for the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway was held late last year.
South Asia is in the throes of a major geopolitical realignment. In the east, Bangladesh is gravitating away from India following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her pro-Indian regime.
Despite an announced pause on enlargement, the bloc admitted Indonesia as its 10th member.
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Israel is already casting doubt on the agreement's durability.
The alliance is responding to recent events in the region.
Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have fundamentally altered long-held ...