Every year, the United States sends billions of dollars in aid—and much more than any other country—to beneficiaries around the world in pursuit of its security, economic, and humanitarian interests. Heading into 2022, U.S. foreign assistance was driven by various priorities of the Biden administration, including combating climate change, responding …

Ukraine’s Westward drift since independence has been countered by the sometimes violent tug of Russia, felt most recently with Putin’s 2022 invasion. Introduction Ukraine has long played an important, yet sometimes overlooked, role in the global security order. Today, the country is on the front lines of a renewed great-power …

Recently launched government plans to restore stability to the troubled foreign exchange market proved no remedy, as ordinary Iranians continue to see their pockets shrink. At the closure of Iran’s foreign exchange market on Thursday, the country’s national currency, the rial, nosedived to a new record low. A US dollar …

Some countries in the region are increasingly looking away from the dollar. The Iraqi Central Bank said on Wednesday that it will conduct trade with China in its currency, the yuan. “Financing of foreign trade with China will be organized directly using the Chinese yuan,” the bank said in a …

The Russian invasion of Ukraine hurt the region economically, as supply chain disruptions and food shortages topped respondents concerns in Turkey, Egypt, Yemen and Iraq WASHINGTON — One year after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s image has taken a hit in Turkey, Yemen and Iraq, according to the latest Al-Monitor …

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) administration has set up a consortium of companies, including some in Russia, Iran and Pakistan, to create an investment plan focusing on power, mining and infrastructure, the commerce minister said on Wednesday. The consortium included 14 Afghan businessmen and foreign companies who would send …

Will Nationalism Break Britain? In September 2022, the body of Queen Elizabeth was driven across Scotland from Balmoral Castle, where she died, to the royal palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The coffin was draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland and carried by members of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, …

To prevent further damage to the rules-based international order, the United States and its allies will need a comprehensive strategy of containment that aims to deter Russia militarily, raises the cost to Russia for its destabilizing behavior, and increasingly decouples Russia from the international community, politically and economically, until Moscow …

This is a showdown at the top of American politics, between a Democratic administration in the White House and a Republican majority in the US House of Representatives. Earlier, the democratic majority accused President Trump, now the republican majority accuses President Biden, but that is their internal policy in which …

Si les occidentaux ont une vision biaisée de la guerre en Ukraine, c’est peut-être parce que les médias ne relatent qu’un point de vue, celui de Kiev. L’info en provenance de Russie est purement et simplement censurée. Pour un meilleur équilibre de l’information, nous avons voulu donner la parole à …