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Why China’s Teapot Refiners Can’t Sanction-Proof This War
A decade of financial sanctions barely dented China's discounted-Iranian-oil trade. Physical strikes on the tankers themselves might close it within months — because Beijing...
Vietnam–France Relations: Strategic Diversification in a Fragmented World
General Secretary and President To Lam’s official visit to France on September 10, 2026, was significant not simply because it produced a new round...
How China’s Infrastructure Strategy Is Reshaping Africa’s Security and Red Sea
China is heavily utilizing its economic tools and infrastructure financing to build deep strategic influence in Africa, integrating the continent's nations into its Belt...
China’s PLA in Egypt Signals a New Push to Reshape the Middle East Arms Market
The People's Republic of China achieved a historic and unprecedented participation in the second edition of the El Alamein International Aerospace Exhibition (EIAS 2026),...
How Banning Chinese AI Could Hurt American Innovation
The National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the FBI rarely sign the same document. On September 8 they jointly named...
Russia-Africa Policy Debates
With the heightening of the current geopolitics, many African governments have increasingly welcomed economic, diplomatic, and security ties with Russia. And noticeably, Russia's engagements...
Institutional Money Is Rushing Into America. Central Banks Are Rushing Into Gold. Both Are Reading the Same Signal
TODAY'S NUMBERS:
4.94% (US 10-year Treasury yield, near a three-year high) · 289 tonnes (record Q2 central-bank gold buying) · $53.9bn (Gulf funds' record H1...
Can Africa Turn Its Critical Minerals Wealth Into Economic Power?
Africa is at the centre of a growing global race for critical minerals, but the continent faces a familiar challenge: possessing enormous natural wealth...
How Did China’s Oil Majors Prepare the Country for an Energy Crisis?
China’s state owned oil companies have spent years preparing for the possibility of major disruptions to global energy supplies, investments that are now helping...
What To Lam’s Russia Visit Means for Vietnam’s Strategic Future
General Secretary and President To Lam’s state visit to Russia from September 7 to 9, 2026, was significant not because it reaffirmed a familiar...