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The Black Sea Has Quietly Closed
Twenty-One Ships
In August, Ukraine's Black Sea ports recorded 21 ship calls, about 90% fewer than a year earlier. A month later, on 16 September,...
The Waiver Is the Policy: What 19 October Will Reveal About Who Washington Really Sanctions
A Licence Signed Before the Ink Was Dry
On 9 October, three weeks after Donald Trump signed the most sweeping Russia sanctions statute of his...
Diesel Diplomacy: A Weekend Peace Discount Meets a Gulf War Premium — and the Bond Market Prices the Fed Instead
Today's Numbers
~$103 (Brent on Monday morning, off a weekend spike above $105) · 5.24% (US 10-year Treasury yield at Friday's close) · 74.5% (Polymarket...
Can Europe Curb China’s $7.5 Billion Hybrid Car Boom Without Triggering a Trade War?
China’s fast-growing hybrid vehicle exports to Europe face fresh uncertainty after Beijing agreed to curb shipments to the European Union, threatening a key growth...
Why Qatar’s LNG Exports May Take Years to Recover From the Iran War
The recovery of Middle Eastern oil exports has done little to ease the disruption facing the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, as Qatar...
AI Investment Keeps Global Growth Near 3%, but Risks Widening Jobs Gap
Artificial intelligence investment is helping sustain global economic growth at around 3%, with Asian economies benefiting from surging demand for the hardware needed to...
As America puts its alliances at risk, Europe is learning to stand on its own
The US is seeking greater freedom of action and fewer international constraints, demanding more immediate returns from its alliances. But in doing so, it...
Europe Is Rearming. It Is Not Integrating
For the better part of a decade, the European defence debate ran on a single complaint: Europe would not spend. That complaint is now...
Sisi’s Asian Tour: Egypt’s Strategic Shift Amid Middle East Tensions and Xi’s Cairo Visit
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's current Asian tour includes several Asian countries, such as South Korea, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The aim is to strengthen...
Sequoia-Backed Chip Startup Nuvacore Seeks Funding at $2.5 Billion Valuation
Nuvacore, a six-month-old microchip startup without a product, is raising hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of about $2.5 billion to create...