With oil supplies tight, regions most vulnerable to oil supply disruptions present a significant economic concern, particularly threats to the Strait of Hormuz and unrest in Nigeria, explains this Ba…

With the Middle East unrest ongoing and the global economy recovering, gasoline prices are rising considerably. But policies to ease U.S. consumer impact take time and policymakers are divided over t…

This publication is now archived. The current crisisThe war in Iraq is the United States’ first sustained conflict since the military shifted to an all-volunteer force in 1973. As the casualty count …

While some experts fault demand increases for record-high oil prices, others say production and market issues reflect price hikes are more complicated.

This publication is now archived. What is the status of the tsunami reconstruction effort?On December 26, 2004, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on the Indian Ocean’s floor touched off a series of devastat…