Europe’s economic story centers on high energy costs, industrial competitiveness, and political fragmentation as far-right parties gain traction across Germany, Italy, and France, while the EU debates enlargement, fiscal rules, and migration policy under strain from Mediterranean arrivals and asylum backlogs; technology remains a crosscutting dri

as Washington expands alliances through AUKUS, Quad, and closer ties to Manila, while Beijing ramps up naval patrols and air sorties around Taiwan and disputes in the South China Sea, forcing Southeast Asian states into delicate balancing acts where economic reliance on China coexists with security reassurance from the U.S. and its allies; India pr

discuss the sustainability of military and financial aid packages amid donor fatigue and domestic political pressures, and Moscow leverages energy exports, disinformation, and arms deals with partners from North Korea to Iran to sustain its war effort; NATO countries emphasize deterrence and readiness, conducting large-scale exercises along the all

slowdown in real estate, local debt, and demographics even as it pushes innovation in EVs, AI, and green tech, Japan experiments with wage hikes and corporate governance reforms, South Korea pursues chip and battery leadership, India leverages digital platforms for financial inclusion, and Southeast Asian nations deepen regional integration while h

strain; in France pension reform protests morph into broader expressions of dissatisfaction over cost of living and representation, in Germany coalition strains surface over budget priorities and defense spending, in Italy debates rage over migration management and EU fiscal rules, and across Eastern Europe governments toggle between populist rheto