Iran’s push to collect Strait of Hormuz oil transit tariffs in Chinese yuan signals a real, though gradual, erosion of the US “petrodollar” system at the margins, but it does not yet
Pakistan’s sudden usefulness as a mediator between the United States and Iran maybe real for now, but it is unlikely to harden into a durable strategic partnership with Washington. The reason is
Every spring, a small fruit briefly reveals how globalization really works. Indian mangoes, especially Alphonso and Kesar varieties, arrive in the United States not as ordinary produce but as objects of longing,
When Donald Trump invoked Pearl Harbor during Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Washington this week, the remark landed like an unexpected chord in an otherwise carefully orchestrated diplomatic symphony. The
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has elevated Pakistan to the front lines of America’s nuclear threats, alongside Russia, China, and North Korea. Her recent testimony warns of Islamabad’s missile advances that
Recent breakthroughs in education mobility between Canada and India offer a strategic path to rebuild essential people-to-people connections strained by visa restrictions. These initiatives, including CA$100 million in scholarships, 300 Mitacs internships,
The Trump administration’s decision to invoke emergency powers under the Defense Production Act to restart oil operations off California’s coast represents a bold—but deeply flawed—attempt to address energy security amid the ongoing
When policy debate becomes ethnic hostility, something has gone badly wrong. A new report from the Network Contagion Research Institute should disturb anyone who cares about the direction of American political culture.
President Donald Trump campaigned twice on a promise to end “reckless” regime-change wars; in office again, he is now prosecuting one of the most ambitious regime-change projects in modern U.S. history. In
The recent surge in crude oil prices represents one of the most dramatic market shocks in recent memory. Benchmark WTI crude has rocketed past $90 per barrel, hitting levels not seen since
The striking thing about the new U.S. military “front” in Ecuador is not that Washington cares about narcotics, every administration says it does, but that the Trump administration is increasingly treating disparate
Mark Carney’s $2.6‑billion uranium supply deal with India is not just an export win; it’s a strategic pivot that rewires Canada’s place in the Indo‑Pacific, in clean-energy geopolitics, and in a global
When U.S. and Israeli forces struck Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure, markets braced for the worst. Brent crude, already trading in the low seventies on weeks of escalating tension, spiked sharply. Tanker