Weekly Graphic

A look at the evolution of the conflict, and the United States’ involvement in it.

Washington spends more than the next 10 countries combined on its military forces.

Venezuela is looking for a little help from its friends.

Government proposals to raise fuel taxes are mobilizing the public.

The two Koreas are gradually reducing defenses along the Demilitarized Zone and exploring possibilities for major cross-border infrastructure projects.

A controversial Russian bridge over the Kerch Strait has escalated tensions around the Crimean Peninsula.

The country’s mounting debt is creating vulnerabilities that could make recovery more difficult in the event of another recession.

The Islamic State’s territory in Syria and Iraq is a shadow of its former self.

For the U.S., the Panama Canal symbolized the expansion of its geopolitical power.

Three weeks ago, a caravan of thousands of migrants from various Central American countries departed on a journey to the U.S.-Mexico border. All the governments involved, including those from source countries Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – together dubbed the Northern Triangle – have different agendas here.

India has been keen to expand into Iran, where an Indian firm is developing a deep-water port in the southern coastal town of Chabahar. New Delhi has invested nearly $34 billion in the project.

The central government is holding nearly 1 million members of the Muslim minority group in camps around Xinjiang province for ‘re-education.’