When it comes to foreign policy, American voters have always been a mass of contradictions. The majority still believes their country is the most powerful in the world, but they see that position slipping. In many cases, they just seem to wish the (...)
The chaotic fallout of the "Arab Spring" is fuelling a surge in the smuggling of drugs, weapons and people across the Mediterranean, and cash-strapped regional powers are struggling to respond.
Last month, European leaders in Brussels turned down (...)
LONDON: The uprisings that swept the Middle East this year have cost the most affected countries more than $55 billion, a new report says, but the resulting high oil prices have strengthened other producing countries.
A statistical analysis of (...)
LONDON (Reuters) - Governments, multinational corporations and global institutions are losing the battle against computer hackers and must combine their resources if they are to lock out cyber intruders, experts say.
The International Monetary (...)
LONDON: Caught off guard by the overthrow of long-time leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, political risk analysts are at odds over what happens next in the region.
Does Egypt's unpredicted revolution mark the beginning of the end for autocrats across (...)
LONDON: If President Hosni Mubarak clings to power, investors will reprice Egyptian and regional assets to brace for weeks, months or possibly years of heightened political risk.
If he goes, global markets could still react with alarm, fearing a (...)
LONDON: Maritime piracy costs the global economy between $7 billion and $12 billion a year, researchers said on Thursday, with Somali piracy in particular driving up the cost of shipping through the Indian Ocean.
Sailing from Somalia's coasts in (...)