How viable is Arctic shipping?
Shipping lanes are under pressure. Seven of the world’s ten biggest shipping companies have suspended transit through the Red Sea, where the Houthis, a...
Geopolitics is moving North Korea’s way
In less than three years, the erosion in the US hegemony that began cascading with the defeat in Afghanistan in August 2021 spread to...
China rallies G77 countries for major reform of WTO and Bretton Woods
Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong wins support, including from UN leaders, for speech calling for overhaul of global systems, writes ‘The South China Morning Post’.
China...
Five factions will define Europe in 2024
Will the far right be the big winner in this year’s European elections? If so, what would its victory mean for the future of...
Why is NATO preparing for World War III?
Prioritising remilitarisation over economic growth is dangerously short-sighted. If the UK and US tried to take on the four countries on Shapps’s blacklist there...
Europe buying Russian oil via India at record rates
India is benefiting from importing cut-price Russian oil amid European sanctions – and also selling that same oil to EU markets at full price...
Chinese yuan vs U.S. dollar in Africa
With a rising US dollar, many African countries are facing debt repayment woes and so are moving away from using the currency. Meanwhile, China...
World Bank and IMF Working Towards Africa’s Sustainable Growth
Recent maneuvers have shown the International Monetary Bank (IMF) and the World Bank are taking fully-fledged advantage of the new economic architecture and the...
ISW analyses Russia’s deceptive claims on war in Ukraine at UN Security Council
Experts from the Institute for the Study of War have analysed the misleading statements made by Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, during the UN...
Hamas still able to ‘fight Israel for months’ in Gaza
Hamas has sufficient munitions and manpower to counter Israeli military operations in Gaza for several months, according to US officials.
As well as maintaining its...