Finland’s shipyards have the capacity to produce icebreakers quickly and at a reasonable cost. It is estimated that, compared to US icebreaker production underway, the average Finnish icebreaker would ...

Africa’s demographic growth and economic transformation have created an essential task in the continent’s public agenda: accelerating and scaling up infrastructure development. With 28 African ...

01:22—History of Soviet and post-Soviet reproductive policies. 06:55—Reproductive rights available to Russian women today. 13:16—Family planning services and public opinion regarding abortion.

In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy proclaimed, “In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.” We are ...

In this article, our experts analyze the US-EU Summit’s outcomes and deliverables and what they mean for the future of US-EU relations. After a two year gap, US President Joe Biden, European ...

Seven of the eight Arctic nations are members of NATO yet collectively, they trail Russia's ice-breaker capacity. This was even before adding in the icebreakers China has built as it proclaims itself ...

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in the US and Mexican supply chains for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and personal protective equipment (PPE). The reliance on imports of active ...

The proverb reminds us that "For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost." Today, the United States faces mounting risks from the metaphorical lack of a nail—inadequate equity investment that could ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) is on the rise in Mexico, and the drivers of femicides, sexual violence, and disappearances are evolving, revealing intricate connections between criminal networks, ...

In the global competition for technological leadership and economic resilience, Southeast Asia is quickly emerging as a critical node. Anchored by countries like Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore, the ...

For many years now, the five Arctic Coastal states have conducted bathymetric and geologic work in the Arctic Ocean region toward what some observers have—alarmingly but falsely—called a competitive ...

01:18—Overall state of Russia’s economy and impact of the Western sanctions. 04:46—The last Russian airplane leaves the JFK airport. 09:36—Western air transportation sanctions in 2022 versus 2014.