Applicants must be between 25-40 years old at the time of the Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) Workshop on Regional Security. Applicants must be a citizen and current resident of one of the YPL countries: ...

France’s existing nuclear doctrine provides insight into how a “French offer” could complement U.S. extended deterrence, especially given the growing need for Europeans to take a more proactive role ...

Expectations are sky-high for the Trump administration’s policy toward the Maduro regime in Venezuela. Many Venezuelans, including leading voices in the opposition, grew tired of the Biden ...

By: Meredith Broadbent and Joyce Bongongo This month, Florida became the seventh state to sign a trade Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom, advancing a new strategy to cement ...

China’s lead in the global commercial shipbuilding market is huge and growing. The country’s largest state-owned shipbuilder built more commercial vessels by tonnage in 2024 than the entire U.S.

In the Global South, there are opportunities to develop clean energy. Although some African countries have fossil fuel reserves, the continent is also home to 60 percent of renewable energy resources ...

Japan is adopting major new industrial policies with the objective of restoring the international competitiveness of its semiconductor industry. At the end of the 1980s, the industry accounted for ...

Introduction From January 22 to February 1, 2024, Ecuador received visits by the commander of the United States Southern Command, the deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Counternarcotics and ...

As in all other middle income countries except for China, remittances are the largest source of external financing in Mexico, with proven impacts including reducing the most extreme instances of ...

In the United States, the pace of biopharmaceutical innovation has enjoyed remarkable growth over the last decade. New drug approvals by the Food and Drug Administration increased from 209 between ...

Meanwhile, natural gas consultancy Wood Mackenzie’s forecasts show that large increases in gas consumption—from data center operation, chip manufacturing, and liquefied natural gas exports—will not ...

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