Following the change of power in Venezuela, the United States began to expel Russian companies from the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in early February. Despite signing a partnership agreement with Caracas, Moscow effectively ignored the American capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, limiting itself to verbal condemnation …

The decline in trust in political institutions and its rise in trust toward populist politicians in recent years may have economic causes, among other things: global economic growth no longer automatically translates into middle-class prosperity. For millennials and zoomers, social mobility hasn’t simply slowed—it’s stalled at the lower levels: in …

The US, the European Union, and the UK face two major challenges when imposing sanctions on Russian military production. First, it’s not always clear which products are being imported specifically for the military. Second, a sanctioned company quickly grows into a new one, and the military-industrial complex struggles to adapt …