Economic strain, demographic decline and sanctions are eroding Russia’s wartime resilience. Still, Vladimir Putin sees continued fighting as his best investment – a gamble the West must now counter wi ...

Despite relentless attacks and deep economic disruption, Ukraine’s financial system remains stable — a feat of resilience ...

Few economists can claim a résumé as eclectic as Kenneth Rogoff’s. Before he was advising governments and lecturing at Harvard as the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of ...

Gold prices continue to break new price records. During the second week of October 2025, gold had surged to $4,000 a troy ounce, and the Financial Times reports that prices have doubled in less than ...

In the summer of 1945, leaders from 50 nations gathered in San Francisco to sign the United Nations Charter, pledging to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” This powerful promise, ...

The subject of numerous wildly successful films, books and television shows, organised crime has always been a fascination of the general public. Despite the bloody violence that distinguishes such ...

China is racing to develop new infrastructure as a way of solidifying its domestic and international political power, but its iron grip on construction projects is jeopardising their success Daxing ...

The Italian wealth management market is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the rapid expansion of the High Net Worth Individual (HNWI) and Ultra High Net Worth Individual (UHNWI) segments ...

The year 2020 was expected to be a catalyst to economic growth, with even the World Bank citing the Philippines as having one of the most dynamic economies in the East Asia Pacific region, rooted in ...