Oil prices fall as Hormuz shipping recovers, easing geopolitical risk while supply, exports, and peace talks remain uncertain. Oil prices have retreated to levels last seen before the US-Israel ...

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that carries roughly one-fifth of the world’s seaborne crude oil and a similar share of global liquefied natural gas, ...

I recently had the opportunity to engage with a senior Bolivian colleague connected with the government of Luis Arce regarding the country’s economic and political difficulties and its relationship ...

A Monte Carlo and decision-tree risk analysis of a U.S. plan to seize Kharg Island and its impact on oil prices, war risk, and global escalation. President Donald Trump is actively weighing a ...

The escalating trade war between the United States and China, marked by a flurry of tit-for-tat tariffs, has cast a long shadow over one of the most dynamic sectors of their economic relationship: the ...

China, a nation of immense scale and ambition, is in the grip of an urgent demographic crisis. Declining birth rates and rising life expectancy are rapidly aging the population. Within the next two ...

Iranian oil supply is entering a phase of forced adjustment as physical storage capacity nears exhaustion while reservoir management challenges compound the pressure on output, according to analysis ...

In early 2026, a wave of practical applications underscored the growing appeal of Chinese open-source artificial intelligence models, particularly in tools designed for autonomous task execution. One ...

2026 is likely to continue the transformation of Latin America and the Caribbean and the U.S. approach to engagement with the region that began in 2025. This work is the author’s personal analysis of ...

While the world obsesses over ships stuck in the Red Sea and ports choked by geopolitics, the United Arab Emirates is quietly reshaping the global financial landscape. In a century marked by trade ...

Nestled in the lap of Bhutan’s Black Mountains, the Phobjikha Valley is a place where nature and culture dance in quiet harmony. At 3,000 meters above sea level, this vast, bowl-shaped expanse in ...