Excerpt:  "In view of the continuing healthy market fundamentals and the positive market outlook, and in accordance with the decision agreed upon on 5 December 2024, subsequently reaffirmed on 3 March 2025, to start a gradual and flexible return of the 2.2 million barrels per day voluntary adjustments starting from 1 April 2025, the eight participating countries will implement a production adjustment of 411 thousand barrels per day, equivalent to three monthly increments, in May 2025, as detailed in the table below. This comprises ...

Excerpt:  "Thank you and good afternoon. On Thursday and Friday NATO Foreign Ministers will meet to discuss pressing security issues as we continue planning for our Summit in The Hague. We will focus on strengthening our collective defence. It is the foundation on which NATO was built and it remains our number one priority. We will also meet with our key partners – Ukraine, the European Union, and our partners in the Indo-Pacific. We gather at ...

The events on April 3, 2025, include the doorstep statement by the NATO Secretary General, Ministers' arrivals and doorstep statements, remarks by the Secretary General and U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, and a formal working lunch.

Excerpt:  "As the US, Russia and China engage in a highly visible competition in developing advanced weapons systems, behind the scenes another contest is quietly taking place: the race to export civil nuclear reactors. Russia and China have both established programs to export nuclear reactors to countries with little to no nuclear infrastructure. These programs foster long-term dependencies on the exporters, and in turn present strategic security challenges for Western nations. The US must act ...

Excerpt:  "The Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute expresses concern in response to the announcement that the Government of Hungary has taken steps for Hungary to withdraw from the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court ('ICC'). The Presidency regrets this turn of events. When a State Party withdraws from the Rome Statute, it clouds our shared quest for justice and weakens our resolve to fight impunity. ...

Excerpt:  "Overseas malign information operations by foreign actors seek to undermine the strategic interests of the United States. These operations are intended to manipulate the global information environment for geostrategic purposes by disseminating false or misleading information to shape narratives, shift public discourse, and undermine other nations' national security. These operations often leverage classical propaganda techniques, such as name-calling, glittering generalities, transfer, testimonial, plain-folk, card-stacking, and bandwagon. In this report, the authors explore methods to ...

Excerpt:  "Larger shares of experts than of U.S. adults see AI as personally beneficial. Far more of the experts we surveyed believe these technologies will benefit (76%) rather than harm (15%) them personally. The public is far more likely to think AI will harm them (43%) than benefit them (24%). Still, one-third say they’re unsure. Public optimism is low regarding AI’s impact on work. While 73% of AI experts surveyed say AI will have a very or ...