Opinion- Page 8

September 7, 2026

The Pirates are Back: The US-Iran War Opens a Window off Somalia

The waters connecting the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea have long constituted one of the most consequential maritime corridors in the global economy. Today, however, that corridor

Opinion

September 5, 2026

The Distance Between Two Points in a City Is No Longer Measured in Kilometers

For more than a century, the economic case for cities has rested on a simple proposition: proximity creates prosperity. Put enough people, businesses, institutions and markets close together, and economic activity becomes

Americas·Opinion

September 4, 2026

The Next Arms Race Will Be Fought in Markets

For most of modern history, military power has been measured in visible things: armies, ships, aircraft, missiles and, eventually, nuclear weapons. But behind every weapon is a less visible architecture—capital, technology, minerals,

Pakistan’s Internal Unraveling

India’s four-day war with Pakistan in May 2025 left Pakistan facing intensifying political, economic, and social crises at home even as its leaders worked hard to project strength and diplomatic relevance abroad.

May 12, 2026

Asia·Opinion

Managed Rivalry: Why Trump’s China Visit Matters More Than the Photo‑Ops

Donald Trump is scheduled to make a state visit to China in mid‑May 2026, a trip widely seen as an attempt to stabilize a volatile but indispensable relationship between the world’s two

May 11, 2026

Americas·Asia·Opinion

Tariffs in Yuan: Is Iran Ringing the Bell on the Petrodollar Age?

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

May 9, 2026

Americas·Middle East·Opinion

Why The U.S. Trusts Pakistan Only When It Has To

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

May 8, 2026

Americas·Asia·Opinion

The Economics of a Mango Obsession

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,

May 6, 2026

Americas·Asia·Opinion

The Cost of Waiting: Why the Anti–Voter ID Campaign Is Already Behind

California’s anti–voter ID forces are treating a five-alarm fire like a slow-burning ember, delaying a full campaign until after June’s primary even as Republicans define the measure in voters’ minds as “common

May 5, 2026

Americas·Opinion

France Has a Nuclear Vision. It Also Has a Defense Industry.

Something shifted in European security on March 2nd. Not in the way most headlines suggested — France has always considered Europe part of its vital interests, and the strategic logic of a

May 4, 2026

Europe·Opinion

How Does India’s Approach to Africa’s Critical Minerals Stand Out?

The global race for critical minerals is intensifying, but it is unfolding very differently from past resource contests. Oil once defined geopolitical power; today, it is copper, lithium, nickel, and graphite—materials essential

May 3, 2026

Opinion

The Breaking of OPEC

Wars have a way of claiming casualties no one anticipates. In the Middle East’s latest convulsion, the geopolitical wreckage has now reached OPEC itself — that sixty-year alliance of petrostates whose cohesion

May 1, 2026

Opinion

Germany, NATO and the Price of a U.S. Retreat

Trump’s threat to trim U.S. troops in Germany would weaken America’s military posture in Europe unless it were paired with a deliberate, allied-backed redesign of the force posture. A sudden or politically

April 30, 2026

Americas·Europe·Opinion

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Opinion- Page 8

The Pirates are Back: The US-Iran War Opens a Window off Somalia

The Distance Between Two Points in a City Is No Longer Measured in Kilometers

The Next Arms Race Will Be Fought in Markets

Pakistan’s Internal Unraveling

Managed Rivalry: Why Trump’s China Visit Matters More Than the Photo‑Ops

Tariffs in Yuan: Is Iran Ringing the Bell on the Petrodollar Age?

Why The U.S. Trusts Pakistan Only When It Has To

The Economics of a Mango Obsession

The Cost of Waiting: Why the Anti–Voter ID Campaign Is Already Behind

France Has a Nuclear Vision. It Also Has a Defense Industry.

How Does India’s Approach to Africa’s Critical Minerals Stand Out?

The Breaking of OPEC

Germany, NATO and the Price of a U.S. Retreat

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