After 10 years of negotiation, the European Council earlier this week authorized the EU to sign a trade agreement with China. The deal will protect geographical indications, a type of intellectual property for products like Camembert cheese from Lower Normandy and Prosecco from Veneto that possess certain qualities unique to their place of origin. The […]
China, we have a problem. The U.S. abruptly ordered the closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston, Texas, citing “massive illegal spying and influence...
The British recently finished building two new aircraft carriers, the Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales. Last week, Britain announced that one of...
The deadlock breaks. After three days of intense negotiations – which comprised the second-longest summit in European Council history – the European Union finally...
U.S.-Indian maritime exercises. The U.S. and Indian navies are expected to conduct joint exercises this week in the eastern part of the Indian Ocean...
A financial crisis has swept the globe, creating socio-economic tensions and political divisions that divert governments’ attention from important global issues. In the preceding...
Welcome back, Iranian protests. After a several-month hiatus due largely to the coronavirus outbreak, protests have broken out again in Iran, this time in...
Russian protests. Unauthorized protests took place in St. Petersburg and Moscow on Wednesday against constitutional amendments that were approved in a referendum earlier this...
Clashes in the Caucasus. Azerbaijan said it destroyed an Armenian military facility along the Azerbaijan-Armenia border as cross-border shelling, which began on July 12...
