A new report has found a correlation between the influx of Chinese capital into a country and a negative impact on its environment and the quality of governance. The study — published by the Bulgarian-based Center for the Study of Democracy on September 9 — says Beijing’s growing economic footprint …

Russia and Belarus will be the site of what could be the biggest military exercises in Europe in decades, which comes as Alyaksandr Lukashenka moves to integrate Belarus even closer not only militarily but politically with Russia, triggering fears he is bargaining away the country’s sovereignty to its much bigger …

A Chinese scientific research ship that set out Monday to explore parts of the South China Sea will flex Beijing’s muscle in a six-way sovereignty dispute without getting other countries riled up enough to chase the vessel away, experts believe.

På måndag eftermiddag landade ett plan med tre IS-kvinnor och deras barn på Arlanda flygplats. Och genast vill regeringen få oss tro att Sverige är förpliktigat att ta emot dessa “utvisade” IS-fångar, att det faktiskt är vårt ansvar och att vårt rättsväsende kommer att skipa rättvisa. Men när blev det …

Man kann den 11. September 2001 als eigentlichen Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts betrachten. Am Nachmittag begleitete eine “ZiB”-Sondersendung die Terroranschläge in den USA. Am Abend spielten Depeche Mode in der Wiener Stadthalle eines der besten Konzerte, das ich je besuchte. Die Welt stand im Schock, doch ahnte da noch kaum …

Είκοσι χρόνια πριν, το τραγικό πρωινό της Τρίτης 11/9/2001, οι ΗΠΑ κι η Δύση ολόκληρη πέρασαν σε μια νεα εποχή. Την κατάρρευση των δίδυμων πύργων, συμβόλου της οικονομικής ισχύος και το χτύπημα του Πενταγώνου, καρδιάς της στρατιωτικής ισχύος, ακολούθησε η κατάρρευση του αξιώματος του ¨απόρθητου ¨ που η αλαζονεία της …

Pumping commercial natural gas supplies via the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will not start until a German regulator gives the green light, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, according to TASS news agency. The Nord Stream 2, which would double Russia’s gas exporting capabilities via the Baltic Sea to …

The members of the Dutch Parliament found out that official Hague was providing aid to the so-called Sultan Murad division. “Open sources indicate that the ‘division,’ per the UN data, was recruiting teenagers, arming them and dispatching them to fight,” Maria Zakharova pointed out Dutch authorities will have to explain …

Syrian army units backed by Iranian-backed militias resumed the shelling of a rebel enclave in southern Syria on Sunday after the collapse of Russia-brokered deal to allow the government to reinstate full control over the area. Russian generals brokered the deal late on Tuesday to avert bloody urban warfare after …

In September 2021, we launched a special series of articles, reports, videos and podcasts by Crisis Group experts on the impact of al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks and the U.S.-led “war on terror”. These cover how Islamist militancy and the military operations aimed at defeating militant groups have both reverberated in Washington …