What India Gets Out of BRICS
Ahead of the group’s leaders’ summit, New Delhi is pulling out the stops. Read More Here
How to Survive in a World Without Rules
Self-help is becoming more vital in a vicious world. Read More Here
Rising seas, rising stakes: What increasing sea levels mean to humanity
The ocean is rising faster now than at any point in recorded history. The impacts are already being felt and the threats are growing. Read More Here
Asia’s New Growth Challenge
As societies age and trade fragments, policymakers must adapt to sustain growth and support rising living standards. Read More Here
How China Found Its Most Potent Weapon
The real history of Beijing’s rare-earth dominance. Read More Here
The Oil Market Absorbed the War Shock, but Buffers Are Running Low
Less demand, more production, and inventory drawdowns prevented a larger price spike. A quick supply recovery is essential to avoid further damage to the global economy. Read More Here
Global investment rises 6% to $1.6 trillion in 2025, but development gains remain uneven
Global investment is rising again. But it’s becoming more concentrated, more selective and less accessible to many developing countries. Read More here
World has to learn to live through closures
Why did Taiwan spend part of this month deliberately slowing down its own mobile internet? The civil defence exercises that opened in early August are testing what the island’s communications — reliant on undersea cables — would feel like under blockade, with bandwidth throttled on purpose to see how citizens would talk to one another […]
Two key elections could trigger changes or offer more of the same
While the world worries over the Iran war and continued friction over the Strait of Hormuz, it is necessary to keep a close eye on two upcoming elections that would determine the fate of the global economy and regional balance in the Middle East US midterms are on November 3 and Israel votes on October […]
How America’s 250-year China dream became its greatest strategic challenge
Historians trace how US hopes of trade, reform and friendship gave way to rivalry with the power it once sought to transform. Read More Here
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