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Tech Rally Lifts China and Hong Kong Stocks Despite Global Tensions
Stocks in China and Hong Kong edged higher as strong industrial profit data and renewed enthusiasm around artificial intelligence boosted investor sentiment. Gains were...
Oil Surge and AI Boom Send Global Markets in Opposite Directions
Global markets opened the week with a split narrative as geopolitical tensions and technology optimism pulled investors in different directions. Oil prices surged after...
Why the U.S. is Not a Declining Power: From Middle East Instability to Indo-Pacific Primacy
Every few years, the same obituary is written again. America is finished, we are told. It has lost its nerve, exhausted itself in the...
Challenging the Phenomenon of European Overtourism
Following massive protests in mid-2024, tens of thousands of local residents across Europe, from Mallorca to Barcelona, ​​continued to demonstrate to voice their frustration...
The State of Seychelles-Russia Relations
With rising uncertainty and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East due to the United States-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Vladimir...
Russia Is Not Dumping Gold
Russia has now sold physical gold from central bank linked reserves for the first time in about a quarter century, and the headline number...
A defining week in Africa: between moral voice, political tensions, and economic reality
Africa has shown itself in the past week again as a continent of dramatic contrasts, in which moral leadership, political turmoil, and financial aspiration...
EU Approves €90 Billion Ukraine Loan and Expands Sanctions on Russia
The European Union has formally approved a €90 billion financial package for Ukraine alongside its 20th round of sanctions against Russia. The decision comes...
After Hormuz, All Eyes on the Strait of Malacca
Authors: Sanjay Turi and Alveera Choudhry*
At a time when global trade is bleeding post the Hormuz blockades, the USA’s recent defense pact with Indonesia...
Chinese Intelligence Examines Vatican Moves in Africa and Their Impact on CCP Interests
Chinese intelligence and security circles view the Vatican's increased activity in Africa as a complex soft strategic challenge, one that transcends the religious dimension...