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Is China’s Digital Yuan Becoming a Settlement Tool? The Geopolitics of Monetary Hedging
China’s digital yuan has spent years being judged by the wrong test. Most attention has focused on whether ordinary users would abandon Alipay or...
Renewed Gulf Hostilities, Elevated Regional and Global Uncertainty
The United States and Iran traded new attacks overnight into Thursday, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement to end...
Morocco’s partnership with Beijing shifts economic power from Europe to China
Several years ago, the European Union regarded the Kingdom of Morocco mostly as an unchanging economic partner, a proximate market, and a suitable industrial...
What Canada’s TKMS Deal Means for the Indo-Pacific
During the July 2026 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara, Prime Minister Carney announced Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as Canada’s primary...
Can Nordic countries offer a future model for China-Europe Relations?
At a time when trade tensions between China and the European Union continue to grow, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Denmark, Sweden,...
Is Iran Turning the Strait of Hormuz Into a Permanent Toll Gate?
Tehran has stopped trying to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It is trying to own it. That distinction, more than any ceasefire announcement or...
Myanmar Between India and China: The Politics of Strategic Leverage
Myanmar's President, Min Aung Hlaing, visited India from May 30 to June 3, marking his first visit to the country since military takeover. After...
Can July 11 Prevent a Wider Middle East War?
Authors: Nazish Mehmood and Dr. Qasim Ali Shah*
With missiles firing from both sides and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral ceremony underway, president Trump declaring the...
What Happens If the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Returns?
The world drew a collective sigh of relief on June 18 when Iran and the US announced a memorandum for peace, paving the way...
Can Trump ‘Cut Off All Trade’ With Spain?
U. S. President Trump expressed his intention to impose a trade embargo on Spain, instructing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to "cut off all trade....