Diplomatic relations between the Philippines and the United States have recently come under strain after the US imposed a travel ban on the Philippines’ former national police chief, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, by revoking his visa. As justification for their decision, US officials have ...

On April 15, 2020, South Korea’s next legislative election will be held to fill the 300 seats of the National Assembly. While President Moon Jae-in’s Democratic Party is expected to perform well in the election, the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has sparked public anger over the president’s and the government’s response to the crisis...

In February 2020, the European Union (EU) announced the European Digital Strategy, which will drive innovation and digitalization in the EU. With the US and China moving forward with technological innovations and leading global markets, the EU aims to ...

Interaction between Pakistan’s government officials and the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which monitors and controls international terrorist financing and money laundering, was a back-and-forth in 2019. The FATF called on Pakistan multiple times to ...

Political polarization is often referred to as a risk to the stability of democracies around the world. While political polarization in the United States is closely monitored by the international media, many other countries are affected by this trend, including Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Poland, and Turkey ...

Trade wars can create numerous risks for businesses and economies, affecting international trade, investment, the stock market, foreign investment, and supply chains. The central tools of a trade war are tariffs and trade barriers, which cause financial and economic disruption. The long-term consequences of a global trade war ...

Globally, terrorism has been on the decline for several years. 2019 saw the continued weakening of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), including the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the terrorist organization’s leader. However, it also saw one of the deadliest terrorist attacks since ...

Isolationist policies reinforce the decline of multilateralism and pose a risk to international cooperation and trade. Much like isolation, regionalization is an inward-focused policy movement, a withdrawal from externally-focused interaction. Yet regionalization differs from isolation in that it also entails greater ...

In 2019, mass revolts created political shockwaves that reached all parts of the globe. The year 2020 is likely to echo the eruptions of the previous year’s political unrest, or at the very least, witness a continuation of major protests ...

In the coming decade, artificial intelligence and automation are set to transform the global economy in almost every major industry. In fact, businesses that adopt AI technology early on will be able to tap into a profit pool of around USD 1 trillion by 2030 ...