This paper examines the accelerating global momentum behind central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), exploring how central banks are responding to the twin pressures of financial digitalization and ...

The Ukraine war is transforming global defence thinking, with the United Kingdom charging ahead through a bold Strategic ...

Ukraine and the United States signed a landmark minerals agreement allowing Ukraine to use future revenues from critical ...

This paper considers possible futures for the international monetary system in light of recent economic and political events in the United States and globally. It contrasts scenarios pre- and ...

The current geopolitical environment is defined by constantly changing dynamics among countries: long-standing partnerships are disintegrating while other alliances are strengthening. To better ...

Instead of accepting blind spots in critical information, Canada should invest in safekeeping essential data and building the ...

An August 2024 satellite image from space shows smoke stacks created by wildfires in the forests of northern Canada. Occurring with greater frequency and intensity in recent years, wildfires have been ...

Replicas of CCTV cameras installed at a bus stop by artist Roman Bogdanov, part of Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov) In his 1956 novella, The Minority Report, ...