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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...
Houthi Gains in Yemen Put the U.S. in a New Red Sea Dilemma
The Iran-aligned Houthis have launched a rapid offensive along Yemen's coast, gaining control over key areas that threaten a crucial Middle East waterway, specifically...
BRICS Urges ‘Maximum Restraint’ as Middle East Crisis Deepens
The BRICS group of nations adopted a joint declaration on Saturday, showing "deep concern" about the Middle East war. They called for maximum restraint...
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...
India’s China-US Dilemma: Why New Delhi Risks Getting Trapped in Bipolarity
The US-China G-2 concept is both normatively exclusionary and strategically constraining. The inherent limits of a G-2 framework—hierarchy, power structure, and systematic constraints—make it...
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 Trump’s Strategy Deliver a Republican Win in the Midterms?
President Donald Trump is making himself the centre of the Republican Party's campaign for the 2026 midterm elections, but growing concerns within his own...
Can Pakistan Remain a Mediator as Saudi-Iran Tensions Escalate?
Pakistan is facing a difficult diplomatic test as escalating fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran backed Houthi forces in Yemen threatens to undermine Islamabad's...
How Does the World War Two Legacy Shape Russia, China, Taiwan and Japan Tensions?
World War Two continues to shape relations between Russia, China, Taiwan and Japan, with competing interpretations of the conflict increasingly intersecting with present day...
How Chinese Goods Reached Iran Despite Billions in Sanctions
Iran has created a barter-like system to bypass sanctions on its oil sales, allowing it to acquire billions of dollars in goods from China,...