At the edge of Szeged in southern Hungary, a new industrial presence is taking shape. Dozens of Chinese construction workers walk or cycle towards a supermarket beside a sprawling construction site, where
At the edge of Szeged in southern Hungary, a new industrial presence is taking shape. Dozens of Chinese construction workers walk or cycle towards a supermarket beside a sprawling construction site, where
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The first part of this two-part article was published in yesterday’s edition.- Editors Navigating the turbulent security landscape of the Indian Ocean requires an operational roadmap that secures stability without surrendering sovereignty.
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The Taliban returned to power nearly five years ago with grand promises of stability, but their ruling apparatus has instead pushed Afghanistan into a cycle of self-inflicted economic ruin and social regression.
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As governments and industry accelerate plans to deploy nuclear-powered merchant vessels to help decarbonise global shipping, a commentary published by Nature argues that the technology’s success will depend not only on advances
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Germany’s leading domestic intelligence and cybersecurity authorities have warned that rapid advances in artificial intelligence are poised to significantly alter the cyber threat landscape, increasing both the scale and sophistication of digital
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For years, Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port was the textbook example of what Western politicians called Chinese “debt-trap diplomacy” – the claim that Beijing lures poor countries into unpayable loans and then seizes
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Afghanistan does not need a softer public relations line. It needs proof that it can act like a responsible state. That means controlling armed groups, respecting borders, treating its own people with
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A new analysis circulating in intelligence and technology circles has claimed that parts of the United States surveillance and data-processing infrastructure are struggling to keep pace with the scale of modern digital
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The stunning message from the first public message on Thursday by Iran’s new Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei is that “The Strait of Hormuz must remain closed.” In seven words, he threw
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The European Commission is considering ways to allow Ukraine to join the European Union quickly as part of a potential peace deal with Russia, while withholding full membership rights until after extended
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Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. — attributed to Niels Bohr It has been my custom, bordering on a private ritual, to begin each calendar year with The World Ahead of The Economist and
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The recent visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to India was widely publicized across several countries and received considerable global attention. The warmth with which President Putin was welcomed by Prime Minister
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In the early hours of 30 July 2025, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia near the Kamchatka Peninsula, becoming the sixth largest recorded earthquake since 1900. Simultaneously,
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In early May, the security cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met and agreed that Israel would ‘capture’ Gaza and remove its Palestinian population ‘to protect it’. To achieve this policy
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Fifty years ago, on 30 April 1975, the revolutionary forces of the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front entered Saigon, then the capital of South Vietnam. Two days earlier,
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