The Strongman as a Brand
The Act and the Reality
There is a performance happening in capitals across the world, and most audiences are only watching one half of it....
Power for Sale: The Middle East as a Geopolitical Marketplace
The Frame Shift That Changes Everything
The language we reach for when describing the Middle East has always been the language of conflict. Proxy wars....
The Talks That Aren’t Happening: Strategic Ambiguity in the US-Iran Standoff
President Trump insists “productive” negotiations with Iran are happening. Iran’s top officials repeatedly deny it. One of them is lying, or both are, or...
A Crisis of Governance, Not Goals: SDSN on Europe’s Sustainability Retreat
When the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) released its 2026 Europe Sustainable Development Report last month, headlines focused on stalled progress and rising inequality....
Is Europe Still a Sustainability Leader? What the New SDG Report Reveals
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) released its 2026 Europe Sustainable Development Report this week with a message that should alarm policymakers: Europe's sustainability...
Financial Brief: A Weekly Roundup on the Geopolitics of Money | Mar 04
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
This week, the Iran conflict reshaped markets and exposed vulnerabilities. The dollar surged near three-month highs as the euro collapsed to $1.1590 on...
Netanyahu’s ‘Hexagon’: What Modi’s Israel Visit Reveals About Middle East Realignment
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped off the plane in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, the optics were striking. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Financial Brief: A Weekly Roundup on the Geopolitics of Money | Feb 24
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
This week, legal frameworks and geopolitical threats overrode economics. Trump replaced struck-down IEEPA tariffs with Section 122 duties citing a balance-of-payments crisis economists...
Are U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Diplomacy or a Countdown to War?
The second round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran concluded in Geneva on Tuesday with what Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi...
Financial Brief: A Weekly Roundup on the Geopolitics of Money | Feb 17
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
A week of cautious markets and sovereign stress. Asian equities traded tentatively as oil rose on U.S.-Iran talks, with markets pricing de-escalation before...