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Trump Says Russia Will Supply Diesel to US, Raising Stakes for Global Energy Markets
President Donald Trump announced that Russia will supply diesel to global markets to help reduce fuel prices, leading to a temporary lift of US...
EU Budget Showdown: Irish Presidency Seeks 8% Cut to 2028–2034 Spending Plan
The Irish EU presidency has proposed an 8% cut to the European Commission's budget plan for 2028 to 2034, reducing it to €1.6 trillion...
The Global Cost of Resilience in the Twenty-First Century
For more than three decades, Europe organized much of its economic thinking around a particular interpretation of efficiency. Energy security, industrial self-sufficiency, strategic reserves,...
The importance of Secretary Rubio’s trip to Uzbekistan
Secretary Marco Rubio will visit Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in “mid-October” to attend a C5+1 summit to engage the Central Asian region. He will also lead...
Brazil Election: How the Vote Could Reshape US Trade, Tariffs and Critical Minerals
In the upcoming presidential runoff in Brazil, two candidates, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, represent very different visions...
The Fed Is Pulling Hot Money Out of Asia. Gulf Money Is Edging In — Who Gains the Leverage?
TODAY'S NUMBERS
$26.3bn (EM portfolio outflows, September) · 5.29% (US 10-year yield peak, 29 September) · 13% (Asia's share of Mubadala's portfolio, up from 10%)....
US Sanctions ICC Hours After Former Court Judge Wins Nobel Prize
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), coinciding with the announcement that former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the...
Bond Market Turmoil Puts Central Banks on Collision Course With Governments
Central banks face a growing dilemma as rising government borrowing costs and mounting public debt test their independence, forcing policymakers to weigh financial stability...
Make or Break in Beijing: Can the EU Get Anything Real From China by October?
A Chemical Nobody Had Heard Of
On 3 October, five days before EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič landed in Beijing, China's commerce ministry opened an...
The Black Sea’s Quiet Shipping War Reaches NATO Waters
Seventy Miles Off Byala
At about 3am on 6 October, aerial and sea drones struck two Turkish-owned cargo ships some 70 nautical miles off the...