Editor's note: This is thein-depth summary articleof the "2021 Year in Review" series on "New Crises, New Orders and New Paradigms." The article reflects the summarized authors' opinions and not n
CFP Editor's note:Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelance reporter. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views
Getty Editor's note:Elsa Fornero is a former Italian minister of labor, social policies and gender equality, honorary fellow at Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin and scientific coordinator at th
The Olympic flame for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is on display on the Flame Exhibition Tour at Shougang Park in Beijing, capital of China, December 13, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note:Elias
Uncle Sam's Christmas gift. /CGTN U.S. inflation has hit a 39-year high, with a key measuring factor, the Consumer Price Index, reaching a 6.8 percent rise over the last 12 months. Food and ga
People line up to receive COVID-19 test in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, December 22, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note:Christopher Helali is the international secretary of the Party of Co
Editor's note: America's war game has long gone beyond hot conflicts that take military operations as the mainstay. The country, as the unipolar hegemon, became even bolder in carrying out interve
The U.S. national flag. /CFP Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.The U.S. recen
Parties to the Iran nuclear deal hold a meeting chaired by Enrique Mora, the deputy secretary-general and political director of the EU diplomatic service in Vienna, Austria, December 17, 2021. /G
CFP Editor's note:Azhar Azam works in a private organization as a market and business analyst and writes about geopolitical issues and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opi
The U.S. Capitol building sits in the background of a traffic sign in Washington, D.C., the United States, May 28, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note: Daryl Guppy is an international financial techni
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin walks down the steps during an enhanced honor cordon at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., December 13, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Bradley Blanke
The headquarters building of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing, capital of China, January 13, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at the
A sign for a COVID-19 testing center opposite a job center plus employment office in Coalville, U.K., December 14, 2020. /CFP Editor's note: Fiona Sim is a London-based freelance political com
An aerial photo showing accommodation and recreation facilities at a polysilicon company in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, December 16, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note:Hamzah
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) gives his official seal of approval to newly-elected President Ebrahim Raisi in an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran, August 3, 2021. /Getty
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan's Taliban, in north China's Tianjin, July 28, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's