What makes us happy, and why are some places in the world seemingly perennially cheerful — and more so than others?

Europe’s best bet is to increasingly rely on itself for its own security and defence. By Emiliano Alessandri and Domenec Ruiz-Devesa Europe...

South Africa has slipped from 83rd to 95th place in the World Happiness Report, but local wellbeing economists believe South Africans are actually...

There are the days on which my mercurial appliances take against me. Days of looking at bills and bank statements and dying plants. Days when my left...

There are the days on which my mercurial appliances take against me. Days of looking at bills and bank statements and dying plants. Days when my left...

By Kaspars Ģērmanis (FPRI) -- Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I have encountered questions asking why Ukraine has not ended the war....

By Kaspars Ģērmanis (FPRI) -- Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I have encountered questions asking why Ukraine has not ended the war....

By Tobias Gehrke  At the card table “The European Union”, posted Donald Trump on his Truth Social account on March 13th, is “one of the...

Israel has resumed its aerial bombardment of Gaza. The latest ceasefire, which lasted two months and led to the release of 33 Israeli hostages and...

On 18 March 2025, NBC News reported that the Trump administration is considering a plan to merge the US Africa Command—which has responsibility...