In 2025, the five biggest military spenders were the United States ($954bn), China ($336bn), Russia ($190bn), Germany ($114bn) and India ($92bn), accounting for more than half (58 percent) of world military spending.
David Gross emphasizes the existence of a final, unified theory of nature, which would reconcile electromagnetism, the strong and weak nuclear forces, and gravity. He believes this theory is waiting to be discovered, yet he is pessimistic about humanity's chances of achieving this before potential self-destruction through nuclear warfare.
Diminished. Sadly. I mean, you know, when I was a student, it was just understood that the U.S. was the leading nation in the world, not just the biggest, not the richest, not most powerful, but the country that people looked to because of our values as well as because of our strength.
American diplomats are supposed to represent the nation, advocate for the interests and policies of the U.S. government, and stay on generally good terms with the country to which they're assigned. Even when they are sent to places that have an adversarial relationship with the United States, they are expected to maintain decorum while conveying messages these regimes may not want to hear.
The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, inspired a wave of enthusiastic nodding among the cosmopolitan crowd gathered in Davos last month when he took to the podium and proclaimed that the world order underwritten by the United States, which prevailed in the west throughout the postwar era, was over. The organizing principle that emerged from the ashes of the second world war, that interdependence would promote world peace by knitting nations' interests together in a drive for common security and prosperity, no longer works.
Western governments, the U.S. under Donald Trump leading the pack, are caught in the grip of an anti-immigration fervor, enforcing cruel and degrading laws that violate human rights and undermine public safety. This entire approach toward immigrants is not only immoral but also rests on false economic claims, argues Daniel Mendiola, assistant professor of history and migration studies at Vassar College, in the interview that follows.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday that while the US ambassador, Mike Waltz, said last week that payments would begin within weeks, no further details had been offered. list of 3 itemsend of list We've seen the statements, and frankly, the secretary-general has been in touch for quite some time on this issue with Ambassador Waltz, Dujarric said during a news briefing.
The UN secretary-general says the absence of African seats is indefensible'. African nations must have permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council, the head of the world body has told the African Union. Latin American countries and most of those in Asia do not have a permanent presence either, despite their huge populations. Can the UN be reformed? Presenter: Rishaad Salamat Guests: Olukayode Bakare visiting scholar in international relations and African politics at the University of Colorado Denver Mukesh Kapila former UN humanitarian coordinator
The very same European leaders and anointed members of the Blob expressing outrage about Greenland were largely silent or supportive as Trump bombed Iran and Nigeria, abducted Maduro, and continued to aid and abet Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Across the world, governments are redefining data. It is no longer a commercial byproduct, but a strategic resource. One that carries economic weight, political influence, and long-term national consequences. At the center of this shift is what most people never consciously see but continuously produce: their digital DNA.
