Nothing of tangible significance was achieved despite two years of reported talks. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev revealed during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that former German officials held secret talks with Russian officials in Baku in mid-July without his knowledge. An investigation by German media revealed that …

Through an opaque network of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Luxembourg holding firms, an agency that manages China’s foreign reserves has discreetly scooped up stakes in Europe’s critical infrastructure, utilities, and real estate. From a gas company in Spain to a police headquarters in Belgium, an agency …

The United States has resumed attacks on Iran. The memorandum of understanding that Tehran and Washington struck last month in Switzerland, hanging by a thread for weeks, has finally fallen apart. “I think it’s over,” U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 8. “I don’t want to deal with [Iran] …