A central bank uses monetary policy to influence borrowing, spending, economic growth, business activity, and hiring. It...
Year: 2025
Nuclear threat The two nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, atmospheric nuclear testing, and...
A global market crash is a severe stock market downturn that can have long-term economic effects. It...
Military escalation is the process by which opponents increase the intensity and geographic scope of a conflict....
Political unrest refers to a state of social and political instability marked by protests, strikes, and other...
Authoritarian rule poses a growing threat to global freedom. Around the world, tyrants are becoming increasingly adept...
In war, as in any situation fraught with conflicting interests, it can be difficult to separate the...
International relations is the study of how people, governments, businesses and ideas move across borders. It is...
Coup d’etat is the “seizure by action of a small group of discontented elites, usually of military...
An international organization that monitors compliance with a cease-fire, troop withdrawal or other conditions of a peace...