The India–EU Free Trade Agreement is expected to expand exports and employment. But many of the sectors set to benefit are also among India’s most polluting, raising doubts about whether environmental oversight can keep pace.
From the 2009 protests to Starlink-fuelled unrest, myths of digital subversion persist as Iran braces for US pressure, amid growing China–Russia support.
Its neighbours have been largely silent or supportive of the US raid that captured Maduro, but the impact of that raid will be felt far beyond South America.
Unlike the Cold War standoff with the erstwhile Soviet Union, today’s US-China competition is constrained by shared production networks, mutual dependence, and the high costs of economic separation.