- August 27th, 2026
Global oil markets briefly surged to nearly $120 a barrel on Monday before retreating after remarks by Donald Trump suggested that the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran might soon wind down. In an interview with CBS, the...
For decades, the foreign policy debate in Washington has been shaped by the search for a central antagonist — a rival or coalition capable of challenging the global influence of the United States. During the Cold War, that adversary was...
In certain moments of history, the true significance of events lies not only in the events themselves but in the rules that emerge in their aftermath. Wars end, crises fade and leaders change, yet the precedents created during those moments...
China has warned it will take “firm countermeasures” if the United States moves ahead with fresh trade investigations targeting Chinese strategic industries, escalating tensions just days after the US Supreme Court curtailed President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs under...
Asia can no longer afford to treat President Donald Trump’s new 15 percent tariff as mere background noise. The decision, announced with little preamble, sent immediate shockwaves through global markets. Gold surged to over five thousand dollars a troy ounce,...
The United States Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) has sent tremors far beyond Washington. In a 6–3 ruling, the Court curtailed one of the most expansive...
Donald Trump is no longer positioning himself merely as a mediator in the traditional diplomatic mold. Instead, the US president has effectively appointed himself chief restructuring officer of what he describes as a “systemically bankrupt” entity: the Gaza Strip. Through...
The United States tightens chip exports. Chinese laboratories unveil competitive large language models. Analysts publish league tables comparing benchmark scores, parameter counts and training runs. Television panels debate who is “ahead” in artificial intelligence. The vocabulary borrows from sport and...
Asia’s markets exhaled — briefly — after the Supreme Court of the United States struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping use of emergency powers to impose tariffs. But relief quickly gave way to apprehension. In trading rooms from Tokyo to...
The international monetary system was never neutral. It was the product of power, politics and post-war compromise, forged in July 1944 at the Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire. There, representatives of 44 Allied nations gathered to design a framework...
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