How China Found Its Most Potent Weapon
The real history of Beijing’s rare-earth dominance. Read More Here
The Oil Market Absorbed the War Shock, but Buffers Are Running Low
Less demand, more production, and inventory drawdowns prevented a larger price spike. A quick supply recovery is essential to avoid further damage to the global economy. Read More Here
Global investment rises 6% to $1.6 trillion in 2025, but development gains remain uneven
Global investment is rising again. But it’s becoming more concentrated, more selective and less accessible to many developing countries. Read More here
World has to learn to live through closures
Why did Taiwan spend part of this month deliberately slowing down its own mobile internet? The civil defence exercises that opened in early August are testing what the island’s communications — reliant on undersea cables — would feel like under blockade, with bandwidth throttled on purpose to see how citizens would talk to one another […]
Two key elections could trigger changes or offer more of the same
While the world worries over the Iran war and continued friction over the Strait of Hormuz, it is necessary to keep a close eye on two upcoming elections that would determine the fate of the global economy and regional balance in the Middle East US midterms are on November 3 and Israel votes on October […]
How America’s 250-year China dream became its greatest strategic challenge
Historians trace how US hopes of trade, reform and friendship gave way to rivalry with the power it once sought to transform. Read More Here
The PLA at 99: how China’s military went from ragtag rifles to world-class force
From revolutionary group to hi-tech machine, the PLA’s transformation has been a long pursuit of strength and self-reliance. Read More Here
The New Old Middle East
The Middle East that is emerging out of the current upheaval looks a lot like the one that existed before it. Read More Here
China says key plenum will be held in October
Top leadership body will gather in Beijing, about a month after Xi Jinping is expected to travel to the United States. Read More Here
The Economic War on Iran Is—and Isn’t—Working
Devastating costs have been imposed on the Iranian economy—to unclear strategic ends. Read More Here
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