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In January, Robson Henry died at the age of 66. Chances are, you have never heard of Henry. He was not famous, rich, or powerful. In many ways, Henry was no different from the thousands of young men and women who, at the age of 18, chose to serve by enlisting in the U.S. Army. Nor does the fact that

With no sign of a lasting breakthrough in the US-Iran war, officials must plan now for an extended energy crisis. The post Dire straits: No way out of Hormuz appeared first on Atlantic Council.

Adherence to the rule of law has declined sharply since 2020. Drawing on thirty years of data across 171 countries, the 2026 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes show why that matters: without strong legal foundations, economic reforms stall, democracies erode, and prosperity stays out of reach for millio

The late senator spent his final days pushing hard for Ukrainian sovereignty and Saudi-Israeli diplomatic normalization. The post The defining issues Lindsey Graham leaves behind appeared first on Atlantic Council.

A renewed bout of oil volatility sent stocks lower, with concerns about an escalation in Middle East hostilities outweighing attempts to bring about a pause in the war.

“The president of France is my friend, whoever it may be,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said a few months ago. But what if the next one turns out to be far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen, known for hostility to European integration, objecting to more aid for Ukraine and resisting corrections to

Islamabad and the new path to global power.

Ending the war and sustaining the peace requires a new approach to regional security.

The rift between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is spilling over from geopolitics into global finance. Global banks — long accustomed to treating the Gulf as a single, large and obliging wallet — are now being forced to make difficult choices, preparing for a time when money, people and a

Emerging-market currencies gained to start the week, with Latin American names getting a boost from a drop in volatility and carry appeal.