In the autumn of 2025, three of Europe’s proudest industrial names—Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo—did something that would have seemed improbable a decade ago. They agreed to...
Jakarta’s pivot to discounted Russian barrels is shrewd realpolitik. But it walks a razor-thin tightrope between Washington and Moscow — and lays bare the fragility of...
As missiles rain down on Gulf infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz sits effectively closed to commercial traffic, the region’s sovereigns are doing what elite borrowers...
Brent crude slips to $94 as US-Iran deal hopes lift markets — but with Hormuz still choked and talks collapsing in Islamabad, energy markets may be...
There is a peculiar kind of irony in Wall Street’s first quarter of 2026. American equity markets endured their worst opening three months since the mini-banking...
The global economy has repeatedly survived political dysfunction in recent years. But survival is not immunity. With war in the Persian Gulf, a fiscal powder keg...
The tanker hasn’t docked yet. But the decision has already been made. Introduction: A Rerouting That Rewrites the Map Picture a Pertamina supertanker — laden with...
The potential Fed leader’s wealth, which appears to significantly exceed that of Powell, points to a potentially challenging vetting process for legislators. A hyper-realistic editorial photograph...
Imagine a supertanker—two football fields of steel carrying enough crude oil to power a mid-sized European nation for a day—sitting motionless in the Gulf of Oman,...
As the world’s most critical oil chokepoint becomes a two-front battleground, Washington has placed a $100-a-barrel bet that squeezing Tehran’s last revenue lifeline will force a...