More than 80% of global trade by volume travels by sea, which makes maritime shipping lanes one of the quiet load-bearing structures of the world economy. That fact became impossible to ignore
America turned 250 with fireworks in the sky, storms on the horizon, and a political argument in the middle of the celebration. That is not a contradiction. It is the most American
There is a particular kind of diplomatic language that gets deployed when two countries want to signal that a relationship has moved from courtesy to consequence. This week in New Delhi, Japanese
The G7 meeting in France is best understood not as a photo-op for seven wealthy democracies, but as a stress test of the Western order itself. It exposed two realities at once:
India is rapidly consolidating its role as a global manufacturing and innovation hub for pharmaceuticals, biopharma, medtech, and consumer health—and Haleon’s new plant in Madhya Pradesh is less an anomaly than a
South Korean president arrives in Brussels with a soundtrack. K-pop — long one of Seoul’s most effective soft power tools — sets the tone for the first EU–South Korea summit in three
Britain’s Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, is confronting a moment that tests not only his leadership but also his political durability. With murmurs of dissent growing louder within his party and questions emerging
Pakistan-administered Kashmir is not just seeing another bout of unrest; it is exposing a political order built on managed representation, coercive policing and a long habit of treating local grievances as a
Since Hitler’s Nazi Germany, there has never been a regime more focused on attacking Jews as well as their own citizens opposed to the regime than the current government in Iran. They
Europe’s labour market is in the odd position of feeling both too tight and too slack at the same time. Employers complain of chronic labour and skills shortages, yet millions of Europeans
That trade and security are linked is among the oldest claims in political economy. Our new research paper marks a major step forward in measuring the peace dividend credibly, and the magnitudes are striking.
The deepening strategic and economic partnership between India and Oman is creating an emerging set of trade and energy corridors that largely circumvent the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most
France’s spring of football-related violence has handed powerful new material to the far right, which is weaving street chaos, “immigrant youth” and state weakness into a broader campaign narrative for the 2027