Emerging market economies in a post-oil era might find themselves in the same traps when mining for the necessary metals.

Cobalt is the rechargeable battery component that is most geopolitically risky to obtain.

America is at war with itself. We must demand effective gun control measures from our leaders to end the slaughter.

The European Commission exposes Italy’s wishful thinking.

Despite the Democrats’ gains, the United States is structurally a remarkably conservative country. Republicans have the tools to defend themselves for decades to come.

Hungary’s Viktor Orban isn’t a defender of anybody’s rights. He is an unvarnished unilateralist and, like Putin, a world-class cynic.

Is Italy’s crisis the new Greece? Is it just as bad? Or different? Could it take just as long to resolve it?

What is the background to the U.S. reaction to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi by the courtiers of Trump family’s close friend, Mohammed bin-Salman?

Why do we tolerate a foreign autocrat dispatching his thugs to our country and challenging our right to free speech and assembly?

How is the race to succeed Angela Merkel at the helm of the CDU, Germany’s largest party, shaping up?