Copper is crucial to the global economy, and its importance is only going up. Historically, copper has been vital in ...

Thaw in relations. During a meeting with Australia's prime minister on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Laos, Chinese ...

I wrote an article on the two wars raging in Eurasia. It was “idiosyncratic” in that, unlike other columns circling the mediasphere, it focused ...

One of Mexico’s defining challenges as a country is the stark economic divide between its northern and southern regions. This ...

Cutting ties. North Korea’s military said it will cut off road and railway connections to South Korea, according to a report by North Korean state media.

Kazakh doubts. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said construction and operation of a future nuclear power plant in the country should be entrusted to an international consortium. The comment, ...

It’s been said for years that drones are the future of warfare. Their advantages are obvious: They are light and maneuverable and can deliver payloads without directly risking the lives of their ...

North Korea’s rubber-stamp legislature convened this week, tasked with amending the constitution to designate South Korea as a “hostile” country, remove clauses related to reunification and redraw the ...

Security matters. Top security officials from the Russia-led Commonwealth of Independent States are holding a summit in Kazakhstan. At the gathering, the chief of Russia’s FSB intelligence agency, ...

Middle East escalation. Israel vowed to respond to Iran’s launch on Tuesday of about 180 ballistic missiles at Israel. Though many of the rockets were intercepted, some escaped Israeli air defenses, ...