Trump Turns Iran Into a Global Toll Booth
Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on goods from any country “doing business” with Iran, the latest escalation in a campaign that is less...
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Trump’s Tariffs Push Modi Into Xi and Putin’s Arms
It took Donald Trump’s second coming to achieve what years of border clashes, diplomatic frigidity, and mutual suspicion could not: a strategic rapprochement between India...
How to Lose Allies and Strengthen Rivals – The Washington Way
Still nursing the bruises from Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs, India has arrived at a fresh, bitter conclusion: the American president seems perfectly happy to rough...
The Great Surrender: How the West Sold Out Ukraine
Washington and Moscow are inching towards a deal to “end” the war in Ukraine, a plan that would see Russia formally keep the territory it...
Trump’s “Liberation Day”: an opportunity for Inda to wake up
Donald Trump’s global tariff blitz, a theatrical display of economic nationalism from the Rose Garden, has been received in India with a peculiar blend of...
Oil Markets Boil Over as U.S. Sanctions Hit Russian Energy
Oil prices surged to their highest in over four months, fuelled by a new wave of U.S. sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector. The measures have...
China’s Trade Surplus Hits New Heights, Setting the Stage for Global Tensions
China’s trade surplus is on track to hit a record high this year, putting it increasingly on a collision course with some of the world’s...
The Transition to Clean Energy: The Big hypocrisy
It should come as no surprise that global electricity demand is skyrocketing as the world strives to electrify everything. Goodbye petrol cars, hello electric vehicles,...
Pressure mounts on emerging markets
Global investors are unwinding their bets on local currency bonds, a trend that could potentially put pressure on central banks to raise interest rates. This...