Located all over the world and from various backgrounds and professions, GIS experts have unique insight into the regions and topics they analyze. This allows them to make detailed and accurate ...

The Minneapolis shootings renewed scrutiny of ICE, highlighting its post-9/11 mission creep, partisan clashes over immigration and federal-local tensions. Jan. 8, 2026: Protests broke out at the ...

The decision to agree on their maritime borders will benefit Israel and Lebanon, but it remains to be seen whether the region can become a natural gas hub. A man looks at the Mediterranean Sea on the ...

Hungary, a member of both the European Union and NATO, is increasingly looking eastward to counterbalance its reliance on the West. As long as it remains part of the Western alliance system, Budapest ...

The Human Rights Council of the United Nations is unable to confront serious human rights situations evenhandedly. The divergent interests of the UN membership makes ...

Factory-built reactors offer a scalable, low-carbon solution for climate and digital needs yet still face legacy challenges to nuclear deployment. July 2023: The factory-assembled core of a small ...

The rapid rise of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea poses a threat to regional security and could fuel jihadist movements coming from the inland. The coastal area surrounding the Gulf of Guinea comprises ...

The 2022 energy crisis produced higher prices and policy changes that encouraged investment in the oil and gas sector again. A “floatel” – essentially a floating hotel – designed to house hundreds of ...

The August 2025 Washington Joint Declaration on peace and connectivity, branded as the Transit, Regional Integration and Peace Project (TRIPP) and signed by Armenia and Azerbaijan with the United ...

The Lobito Corridor megaproject could reshape global critical mineral supply chains by connecting Africa’s mineral-rich regions to international markets. A miner descends into a pit at the Kamilombe ...

This analysis of the stringent regulatory environment in the European Union and its impact on innovation is the first installment in a two-part series exploring the continent’s challenges in fostering ...

Chile’s institutional checks and balances will constrain how far Mr. Kast can advance his agenda, but voters will expect tangible change. Chilean voters elected Jose Antonio Kast in 2025 not ...