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Britain is an odd kingdom, small and overcast and improbably powerful. When European countries conquered the world, the British amassed an empire and daubed the world pinkish-red, the traditional color of its colonies on maps (and, some…

China has taken over the rotating presidency of the G20 – for the current year – at a time when the global economy is still characterized by strong dissatisfaction, weak and fragile global growth, and the feeling that the solutions deployed…

Following her wins in the Democratic primaries in Nebraska, South Dakota, New Mexico and California on June 7, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton became the first woman in the history of the United States to clinch the nomination of…

“There are no wealthy countries that are not urbanized, but there are plenty of urbanized countries that are not wealthy.” This eloquent phrasing by urban analysts Joseph Parilla and Alan Berube gives adequate context to the phenomenon of…

One of the most enigmatic gray areas that defense and security analysts have to navigate is the assessment of Hezbollah’s strategic capabilities. Yet, military power only partially explains the standing of the “Party of God”, and excessive…