18 Aug 2026
Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb: oil may not be the real problem
The market is watching the barrels and the problem is no longer there. It is in the ships that have stopped sailing, and in who decided they should…
The market is watching the barrels and the problem is no longer there. It is in the ships that have stopped sailing, and in who decided they should…
The battleground in the Gulf is not oil; it is the capital that funds artificial intelligence. Whoever provides that money will shape the next decade.
The Ayatollahs’ regime is now sustained solely by force. The attack on the nuclear facilities does not mark the start of a crisis: it marks the beginning of…
In 1979, Iran overthrew the Shah to put an end to inequality and repression. Half a century on, it has more of both, and an economy in tatters.
The melting ice has turned the most overlooked region on the planet into a key player on the world stage. Four times the size of Spain, yet governed…
Maduro’s capture is not a legal anomaly: it is a doctrine decades old. The strange part is not how it was done, but that it surprises anyone.
The West has fed the Chinese dragon to such an extent that now the dragon is going to devour the bear. When we want to decrease our dependence…
A few days ago the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs declared that it is not the time for peace talks, that it is time to send more…
A few months ago, E. Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Holmes, an American who, at only 19 years of age and with two semesters at…
COVID and the subsequent problems in logistics chains have been an eye-opener for Westerners. The supposed globalization has ended up being a concentration of technological and non-technological production…
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