Europe’s China Bargain: More Buyers, Fewer Chokepoints
Ahead of EU–China talks, trade figures and rare-earth data show why buying more European goods would solve only part of the dispute.
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The Uneasy Bargain Behind the G7’s Diesel Release
Europe needs American supply; US refiners need export markets. The agreement could ease pressure on both, but Europe must weigh relief today against the...
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The IMF’s Gulf recovery forecast rests on shipping returning to normal. Financial buffers can buy time, but restoring trade routes and fuel supplies will...
Analysis
The Strait of Hormuz Is Closed. What Happens to the Gulf Economies Now?
Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz with cheap drones, not a navy. Oil hit $92. Dubai's airport is shut. Qatar halted LNG. And the Gulf states are watching their...
Opinion
Venezuela After Maduro: What Happens Now?
The US captured Maduro in January. Oil is flowing to American refiners, mining laws are being rewritten, and political prisoners are trickling out. But the...
Analysis
From Protest to War: How Iran's Internal Crisis Became the Pretext for the Largest US Military Operation Since Iraq
Economic collapse, a currency in freefall, the largest protests since 1979, a brutal crackdown killing tens of thousands, and nuclear negotiations that were...
Trade & Economy
Strait of Hormuz Crisis: How the Iran War Is Reshaping Global Oil Markets, Inflation, and the World Economy
With 20% of global oil supply disrupted, LNG plants shuttered, and flights grounded across the Gulf, the economic shockwaves of Operation Epic Fury are being...
Conflict Watch
Operation Epic Fury: Seven Days That Reshaped the Middle East
From the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader to retaliatory strikes across nine countries, the US-Israeli campaign has redrawn the geopolitical map of the...