Foreign ministers from the BRICS bloc of emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - met this week in Cape Town. A number of other developing countries sent representatives to the meetings, as the group considers...
China launched its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, and 147 countries are now participating. Check out this article and graph that show how China's exports to Belt and Road countries have boomed, both in comparison with its exports to non...
A debate is underway regarding how many and what kind of amphibious ships the U.S. Navy needs. These are the vessels U.S. Marines use both in combat operations and in noncombatant evacuations like getting Americans out of Sudan or providing...
The United Nations recently commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Nakba or Catastrophe that resulted in the displacement of 700,000 Palestinians in 1948. The intention of the commemoration was to spotlight the world's most protracted refugee...
Immigration has again been in the news this week as the pandemic-era U.S. immigration policy Title 42 expires. The Migration Policy Institute has published an informative article discussing Central American immigrants in the U.S., including their...