A deep look at the Ukraine war in 2026, Russia’s strained war economy, shrinking fiscal buffers, oil revenue pressure, and why peace talks reveal weakening leverage rather than momentum.

New European measures to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet could severely hurt its economy at a time when it is looking increasingly vulnerable.

With America disengaging, Russia might be ready for a new war much sooner than previously estimated.

Russian missiles and drones have pounded Ukraine’s energy grid in recent weeks. That has plunged people into frozen darkness ...

Peak inflation values of January 2026 will hardly appear again, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank Alexey Zabotkin added ...

During his December 2025 year-end press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Russia's economic slowdown, ...

States calibrate their wartime trade to maximize the economic benefits to their domestic economies while minimizing the military advantage that policy provides their adversaries. That nuance allows ...

Capitalism cannot solve the social crisis. Worldwide, poverty, hunger, homelessness are spreading. The income gap has grown to absurd proportions. Between 2009 and 2018, the number of billionaires it ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping wrote in Qiushi Journal that the yuan will be given the status of a global reserve currency. According to him, the Chinese state would need a "powerful currency" for ...

But despite those efforts, NATO’s credibility as a unified force under U.S. leadership has taken a huge hit over the past year as trust within the 32-nation military organization dissolved.

The race for the next UN Secretary-General is underway as the United Nations faces a legitimacy crisis, climate pressure, and the need for institutional transformation.

Economic historians usually are mistaken when looking at the causes of the Panic of 1857. Douglas E. French sets the record ...