France is expanding its defense strategy into outer space. In July 2019, French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly announced France’s first Defense Space Strategy, which includes ...

On August 5, 2019, the government in India revoked Article 370 of the constitution which granted autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir, a notoriously contentious state in the north of India. In anticipation of violent uprisings, the Indian government deployed ...

In 2009, India updated its 2004 Maritime Doctrine, highlighting the need to develop naval nuclear deterrence capabilities to safeguard its national security. When India officially commissioned its first nuclear-powered ...

In April 2019, Ghana had completed its 16th liaison with the IMF after borrowing USD 918 million to stabilize its struggling economy in 2015. According to the IMF’s assessment, Ghana has been able to decrease its trade and budget deficiencies and boost its ...

With the rise of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Japan’s attempt at revitalizing its own stagnating economy, Southeast Asia has become an increasingly crucial region for both countries’ foreign policies and development plans ...

Escalating political and military tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed border region of Kashmir are testing the durability and international credibility of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a Eurasian organization of eight member states, including both India and Pakistan. India’s move to revoke ...

A new episode of the trade dispute between the European Union and Indonesia is continuing disagreements over Indonesian export products. On August 14, 2019, the European Union imposed new duties on Indonesian biodiesel producers ...

Globalization and digitalization have transformed corporate tax management, giving technology businesses the opportunity to artificially shift tax responsibilities to the low or zero tax jurisdictions of offshore tax havens like...

Following the collapse of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the United States has begun testing new capabilities once banned by this agreement. The test of a nuclear-capable Tomahawk cruise missile on August 19, 2019, has led Russia and China to ...

In June 2019, the Akademik Lomonosov received its operating license from the Russian government, becoming the world’s only active floating nuclear power plant. While the United States had worked on developing floating nuclear power plants as early as ...