Autonomy is the ability to make choices yourself rather than having them made for you by other people. Most of us desire autonomy—who wants to be a slave to another's wishes? But we are certainly not ...

Colombian guerrilla fighters conducted 8,000 attacks with drones and explosives in 2025 – Copyright AFP/File Raul ARBOLEDA As drones, robotics and autonomous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. France's President Charles de Gaulle in Canada in 1967. Both countries now espouse strategic autonomy. Bettmann/Getty Images ...

Most parents of a certain age, myself included, had to learn to be independent growing up. Many households needed two incomes to sustain themselves, leaving children alone to fend for themselves when ...

I have spent decades reflecting on what it truly takes to perform at a high level, whether as an ultra-endurance athlete, a CEO, or someone coaching other executives through similar questions. One of ...

Many clinicians feel their autonomy is dwindling year after year—schedules are tightening, patient volume and workloads are ...

Law firms often struggle with accountability. At its core, accountability means taking responsibility for one’s commitments, a concept that should align naturally with the legal profession’s values.

Taken as such, strategic autonomy is best seen as leverage and flexibility rather than self-sufficiency. More specifically, it is the credible ability to say “no” to great-power patrons, such as the U ...

Strategic autonomy is having a moment. The first thing to note is that autonomy does not imply withdrawal from the international order or a severing or reduction of ties with Washington. Take the ...