What is the MENA region? MENA is the acronym for “Middle East and North Africa”, regularly used in academic and business writings. It refers...

There is nothing more difficult and yet more gratifying in our world today than living with sincerity and acting from a place of large-heartedness...

By Raphael Parens, Christopher M. Faulkner and Marcel Plichta (FPRI) -- On Monday, September 16, 2024, US Africa Command...

By Luke Coffey For the first time in more than a decade, NATO has a new secretary-general. Jens Stoltenberg from Norway this week stepped down and...

Kursk Operation is a hybrid operation as it most certainly had its military impact as well as political one. Permission to strike deep into...

By Maria Avdeeva (FPRI) — On a sunny Sunday afternoon, August 30, Russia launched five glide bombs toward Kharkiv. One bomb obliterated the...

Afghanistan stands at a precarious crossroads, beset by an array of challenges that threaten not only its future but also the stability of the...

Palau top, Nauru last in inaugural 2023 Pacific Media Freedom Index of region’s 14 island countries.

Palau top, Nauru last in inaugural 2023 Pacific Media Freedom Index of region's 14 island countries.

By Mike Eckel and Todd Prince (RFE/RL) -- Five days before President Vladimir Putin announced that he would loosen the conditions under which...