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After 4,400 days in power, India's Modi faces his toughest test yet
On June 10 2026, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the longest serving constitutionally elected prime minister of India.
Fujimori wins Peru on votes from Peruvians who don't live there
Keiko Fujimori is Peru's next president — elected by Peruvians who don't live there. At home, a captured Congress and hollowed institutions await.
India’s aluminium giants eye decade-high margins
The deficit being seen in the global market has been triggered by curtailment in production in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, which contributed almost 8.3% to the world’s aluminium production in calendar year 2025.
Why the Baku-Supsa pipeline is back at the center of the energy game
The transfer of operational functions of the Western Route Export Pipeline, better known as the Baku-Supsa pipeline, to the state authorities of Azerbaijan and Georgia may at first glance look like a purely technical development.
Kazakhstan advances reform agenda to attract investment and diversify economy
Kazakhstan is pursuing a broad programme of economic reforms aimed at attracting long-term investment, deepening capital markets and accelerating diversification beyond extractive industries.
Moldova bets on reform, energy and EU membership to attract investors
As Brussels accelerates Moldova's accession path, officials and business leaders argue that one of Europe's poorest countries is becoming one of its most ambitious reform stories
INTERVIEW: Estonia grapples with fiscal strain as surging defence spending tests budget
Estonia faces a difficult path back to fiscal balance after more than doubling defence spending since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi tells IntelliNews.
LONG READ: The Post-Pax Americana Interregnum has already started
Empires tend to last about a hundred years, and true to form the Pax Americana has passed its peak. What follows is decades of instability and lower growth as the leading countries of the world vie to fill the void. The Interregnum has started.
Inside the growing speculation around Kim Jong Un’s daughter as heir apparent
According to various intelligence sources, Kim Ju-ae is understood to be the daughter of Kim Jong Un and Ri Sol-ju, although North Korea has never formally confirmed her full biographical details.
The demographic point of no return: the world is running out of mothers
China and the EU have crossed the threshold beyond which population decline is mathematically irreversible. Once the median age of women passes 40, a country no longer has enough potential mothers to keep the population stable.
North Macedonia risks losing investment edge as EU path stalls and competition intensifies
Deeper integration with the EU Single Market is essential if North Macedonia is to move beyond its traditional role as a low-cost manufacturing hub.
India's many territorial disputes and their impact on its economic potential
For much of the 26 years since the beginning of the millennium, India has aimed at becoming a rising economic power by way of first becoming a service centered hub and gradually shifting towards becoming a centre of manufacturing.
Russian bond funds attract record inflows as investors bet on more interest rate cuts
Russian retail investors poured RUB138bn ($1.7bn) into mutual funds in May, with bond funds accounting for more than four-fifths of net inflows as punters expect more Central Bank of Russia (CBR) rate cuts boosting the demand for bonds.
New Pakistan-Iran road routes and Central Asian trade
A Eurasianet partner post from the Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst.
Azerbaijan's big gas push
Azerbaijan used Baku Energy Week to push new gas exports, upstream investment, and a larger US role in its energy sector.
Ukraine’s energy future hinges on reform as war damage tops $88bn - KSE
Ukraine’s ability to keep the lights on through another wartime winter will depend as much on reform as reconstruction, according to a new report by the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE).
Asia needs Azerbaijan as Hormuz risks grow
The escalating crisis in the Middle East and severe disruptions to energy transportation through the Strait of Hormuz have once again demonstrated how vulnerable the global oil and gas market remains to instability.
Explosion of Ukrainian naval drone in Romania’s Constanța port triggers fresh tensions
Russian strikes close to Romanian territory and Ukrainian counter-operations highlight the growing complexity of security challenges facing Romania as the war increasingly affects the wider Black Sea region.
Turks cannot be made to believe inflation will come down, says veteran economist
Government failing to convince “cautious people trying to prepare for the storm ahead”, he says.
EBRD puts Ukraine at the heart of its annual gathering in Riga
It was deliberately symbolic that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) chose Riga for its 35th annual meeting. Latvia, one of the EBRD's earliest countries of operation is an example of the EBRD's successes.