Climate Change Could Drown China’s Food Security
China is reeling from a record-breaking summer of rainfall and flooding that submerged furrows and destroyed crops, offering a window into how climate change-fueled extreme...
Italy Turns Its Back on China’s Belt and Road
China’s ambitions in Europe suffered a major setback this week when Italy signaled plans to leave Beijing’s flagship foreign-policy program, the Belt and Road Initiative...
The Mineral-Rich Want to Get Richer
The quest for a global energy transition has sparked a frenzied scramble for the raw materials underpinning everything from electric vehicles to wind turbines—and the...
Fears of Coup Attempt Swirl in Niger
By Christina Lu Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at attempted coup fears in Niger, Russia’s moves to boost its military, and Ecuador’s...
Russia Is Holding Ukraine’s Farms Hostage
With its abundant natural gas supply, Russia has long wielded its resource riches to bludgeon Ukraine, Europe, and other dependent customers. By continuously threatening the...
The Deep Sea Gold Rush
In the global scramble for critical minerals to power the energy transition, some countries are racing to exploit a new, untouched frontier: the bottom of...
How China’s Panda Diplomacy Opened Hearts, Minds, and Borders
Beijing’s strategy isn’t always black and white—except when it is. Source link
The U.S. Strategic Minerals Situation Is Critical
Washington’s focus on plugging strategic vulnerabilities amid worsening U.S.-China relations has also reignited U.S. efforts to control crucial, yet often overlooked, materials: critical minerals. It’s...
Police Killing Sparks Outrage in France
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at unrest in France after police shot and killed a teenager, a court ruling on Britain’s controversial...
America Dropped the Baton in the Rare-Earth Race
If the global scramble for rare earths—the elements behind F-35 fighter jets and missile guidance systems—were a relay race, China grabbed the baton in the...