Iran
Iranian state media claimed two missiles struck a US Navy vessel near Jask after IRGC warnings, raising the risk that the Strait of Hormuz crisis has shifted from blockade to direct confrontation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The real risk in AI coding is not bad code. It is knowledge debt: systems built faster than…
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI systems are no longer just producing language. Evidence is emerging that internal states are shaping their behaviour,…
Economics
The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave OPEC is not just about oil production. It reflects a deeper…
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Defence
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Economics
The Middle East war is already pushing up fuel, freight, food and transport costs across India, Southeast Asia and Africa. Europe has not escaped;…
United States
The dollar system is not breaking under geopolitical pressure — it is being exposed. As Washington shifts from Federal Reserve…
Defence
John Phelan’s sudden departure as Navy secretary comes in the middle of an active US naval campaign around Iran, including…
Iran
The ceasefire did not fail because diplomacy never opened. It failed because the pause after Islamabad was asked to carry a political weight it could not bear. Tehran believed it had agreed…
Germany
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Economics
Oil prices are rising not because the Strait of Hormuz has been fully closed, but because it has…
Britain
Ride Nuff, a driver-founded London taxi app, is challenging Uber with a flat-fee model. Oxford research suggests the…
China
Southeast Asia is central to the future of the Belt and Road—but not on China’s terms. Governments across…
China
China’s Belt and Road is moving beyond infrastructure into rule-making and governance. As global systems fragment, Beijing is building the financial, legal, and institutional…
Economics
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Iran
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Economics
Europe’s aviation system is discovering that fuel was never just a commodity. It was a geopolitical dependency. As disruption around…
Economics
The UN has now voted to call the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity. Britain abstained. The United…
United States
The White House says another round of talks with Iran may happen in Pakistan, but no date has been set and the first Islamabad meeting ended without agreement. Tehran says it is open to…
Economics
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Economics
The Iran war did not end dollar power. It exposed the cost of overusing it. The United States still sits at the centre of…
Diplomacy
Pakistan’s prime minister said the new two week U.S. Iran ceasefire covered Lebanon, and Reuters reported that Iran…
Defence
The Pakistan brokered ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is being sold as a narrow diplomatic success. In reality…
Law
This legal analysis examines whether reported strikes on a school, health facilities and a bridge in Iran, together…
Defence
Maria Zakharova’s outburst was propaganda, but it exposed a deeper truth by accident. Germany is not simply buying more weapons.…
Diplomacy
As Trump threatens wider war and Pakistan’s mediation channel stalls, an overlooked essay by former Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad…