Careful study of decades of U.S. legislation reveals that policy outcomes closely track the preferences of wealthy elites ...

A coalition of women’s organisations in North and East Syria (Rojava) launched a mass campaign, “We are all YPJ — Self-defence is our natural right”, on April 26, demanding that the Rojava ...

The list of fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) is released annually by the World Bank Group (WBG) and aims to inform strategic and operational decision-making within the WBG. The list ...

The movement for a Jewish state gained traction in the nineteenth century, as Jews increasingly migrated to Ottoman Palestine to escape antisemitism in Europe and return to a land intimately linked to ...

Libya has struggled [PDF] to rebuild state institutions since the ouster and subsequent death of former leader Muammar al-Qaddafi in October 2011. Libya’s transitional government ceded authority to ...

The United Nations Charter notes that the United Nations was founded to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” Tragically, there have been over 250 armed conflicts since the Charter ...

Economies in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) are burdened by weak institutions and are particularly vulnerable to overlapping shocks—including conflict, natural disasters, commodity ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. As an annual economic conference was set to begin, ...

U.S. forces shot down Iranian missiles and drones launched toward the strait and neighboring countries. Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video in which he gloats over zip-tied Gaza ...

The sight and sound of Iranian rockets arcing overhead have become near-daily for the Palestinian Ghanem family, expelled by the Israeli military from a refugee camp.

The leaders of Britain, Germany and France said they supported a proposal for talks between Zelenskiy and Putin to try to secure a ceasefire, and Europe would play a role.

The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official — a shift ...