Leaders from France, Germany and Poland visited the capital Chisinau to celebrate Moldova’s independence day and display their backing for its government’s quest to join the EU, ahead of crucial elections. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk joined independence day celebrations in …

For all the vast commentary in the Western media on the Russia-Ukraine war, a persistent fact remains: beyond the immediate theatre of conflict, few observers possess a clear or consistent grasp of events on the ground. The fog of war—historically the product of battlefield confusion—has thickened in the digital age, …

The power to control access to money is no longer the exclusive privilege of the sovereign. Increasingly, the rules governing how money is created, moves, and is held are enforced not by governments alone but by code, online networks, and protocols beyond the authority of any single nation. The U.S. …