Since time immemorial, the Bialowieza (Białowieża) Forest has stood in its primeval glory, one of the last such forests that used to blanket all of Europe. Covering border areas in both Poland and ...

In the global competition for technological leadership and economic resilience, Southeast Asia is quickly emerging as a critical node. Anchored by countries like Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore, the ...

An increasingly frequent number of cases of damage to undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea have been reported since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Wilson Center has ...

In September 2024, then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pushed through a major constitutional reform deliberately intended to make Mexico’s judiciary more responsive to popular opinion and ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more than a technological breakthrough—it is a transformative force shaping the future economy, security landscape, global power dynamics, and daily life. The US, along ...

For decades, the US has taken the security of global sea lanes for granted, assuming that commercial and military shipping would always function smoothly. But while America remained complacent, China ...

On August 1, 1975, the Helsinki Final Act (also known as the Helsinki Accords) was signed by 35 countries. The Helsinki Final Act was the outcome of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in ...

Sudan's civil war has drawn extensive foreign involvement, complicating peace efforts and deepening the humanitarian crisis. Divided alliances among regional and global powers, alongside international ...

The African Union's new AI Strategy aims to balance innovation and regulation across Africa, but challenges around infrastructure and governance remain central to its successful implementation.

By late 2023, the Houthis were confident enough to attack U.S. warships in the Red Sea. The Houthis became the first group to fire anti-ship ballistic missiles, although most attacks on commercial ...

Seven of the eight Arctic nations are members of NATO yet collectively, they trail Russia's ice-breaker capacity. This was even before adding in the icebreakers China has built as it proclaims itself ...

In 2023, 85% of all land border encounters with individuals on the terrorist watchlist occurred on our northern border. In my recent Stubborn Thing, “Migration: This Time It’s Different,” I pointed ...