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France’s Political Crisis Explained
Background
France has been mired in political instability since President Emmanuel Macron’s snap parliamentary elections in 2024 left the National Assembly fragmented. His ruling alliance...
Is Britain’s Economy (and Government) Slowly Crumbling?
Soaring debt and borrowing costs are approaching levels that once forced London to seek a humiliating IMF rescue. The UK economy has taken a...
Emerging Multipolar World, China Leads its Evolutionary Pathways
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 25th summit, held early September in Tianjin, China, unprecedentedly redefined its diverse future ambitions; global governance, sustainable development, and...
India-EU Trade Talks Enter Crucial Phase Amid U.S. Tariff Pressures
Background
India and the European Union have been negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) for over a decade, with talks stalling for eight years before...
ExxonMobil Weighs Exit from European Chemical Plants
Background
Europe’s chemical industry has been under heavy strain since the 2022 energy crisis. U.S. tariffs and rising competition from cheaper Chinese imports have made...
EU- Mercosur Trade Deal Near, As French Dissent Softens
Background
The European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) concluded negotiations in December 2024 on what would be the EU’s largest...
How Universal Basic Income Programs Will Influence Public Finance and Welfare Systems
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is one of the most hotly debated policy ideas of our time. The concept—providing every citizen with a guaranteed, unconditional...
Erdoğan’s Participation in the SCO Tianjin Summit and the Trajectory of Turkish-Chinese Relations
On August 31, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was in Tianjin, China, to attend the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State...
The Importance of the SCO Summit for the Developing Countries of the Global South and the Third World
The 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, reflects a major display of solidarity among the countries of the Global South in...
China is holding up its end of the bargain. Will the United States do the same?
China and the United States have once again reached a crossroads in their relationship over bilateral trade issues. On April 2025, the US increased...