As the Cold War began to wane, multipolarism became a rallying cry for everyone sick and tired of superpower politics, nuclear standoffs, and the banal bipolarism of Soviet misinformation and American propaganda. This “rise of the rest” was prefigured in the Non-Aligned Movement that began in 1961, the New International …

The COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, which led to shortages and rising prices throughout the oil, gas, and power sectors in a sizable portion of the world, served as the catalyst for the start of the 2021–2023 global energy crisis. The quick post-pandemic economic recovery that outpaced the energy supply was …

The world watched in shock when thousands of Wagner Group mercenaries led by Yevgeny Prigozhin marched on Moscow in June 2023. Less than 300 kilometres from the Russian capital, the mercenaries suddenly decided to turn around and announced their disintegration. The events triggered speculation about the stability of Russian President …