9 articles
Operation Epic Fury, the death of Khamenei, Mojtaba's election, and the Strait of Hormuz crisis: what the 2026 US-Israel-Iran war means for the world and
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US gas prices surged 20% to $3.55 a gallon ten days into the US-Israel operation against Iran, as Hormuz disruption pushed crude past $100.
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40% of global maritime commerce and 35% of seaborne oil transit the Indian Ocean. How China, the US, and India are contesting its future.
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Five years after Galwan killed 20 Indian soldiers, the LAC is stable but unresolved — buffer zones, not peace. Normalisation means management, not settlement.
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BRICS expanded to challenge Western financial dominance — but without shared interests it became a forum for grievances. India: architect turned balancer.
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Criticism of Indian democracy is legitimate — and selective: Western indices, Xinjiang silence, Bangladesh. Scrutiny follows alignment, not principle.
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Oil at $110, China's demographic collapse, the India-US AI talent corridor, an unplanned soft power moment, and why the rupee at 87 is not the real problem.
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China's population fell for a fourth straight year in 2025, births hit a record low, youth unemployment sits near 17%, and the property sector is unwinding.
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Oil alliances shaped the 20th century; battery minerals and rare earths are shaping the 21st. How the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are re-running the old playbook
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