This debate examines whether OPEC still shapes global oil markets or whether shifting geopolitics and production trends have overtaken its influence.

The cartel still matters—but the Hormuz crisis and the UAE’s exit show that relevance is no longer the same as control. The usual question “Is OPEC still relevant?” is too easy. Oil remains central to ...

McConnell serves as the head of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and while he is out, the committee’s work reviewing the Trump administration’s mammoth defense bill has stalled.

Kazakhstan has answered with a deliberate strategy rather than a sequence of gestures. We call it pragmatic engagement without official recognition. Astana removed the Taliban from its list of banned ...

President Donald Trump may be losing control of the Strait of Hormuz again, but he is nonetheless signaling a greater commitment to Ukraine’s defense. Is it? Trump is vexed by Iran’s refusal to cede ...

The European Union has been reluctant to assert or protect its interests in the Caucasus. When it does, the region does not see it as a reliable mediator. The recent Armenian election, at times ...