Chockpoint as weapons: Hormuz sets template for future conflicts – Firstpost
A chokepoint is a narrow passage on land or at sea. It is a critical geostrategic area. It…
From Globalisation to Weaponised Trade: How Trump Tariffs and the Strait of Hormuz Sparked a New Zero-Sum World Order
Globalisation had its share of critics, most of whom frowned on the apparent inequality of the system, between…
Outside In | Despite Trump’s trade wars, globalisation is Eurasia’s to win or lose
I would like to explore some rather interesting data buried deep in the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Economic…
Macroscope | Can a world obsessed with greed and power avoid a war in 2026?
“Though to care we are born, yet the dullest morn often heralds in the fairest day” are lyrics…
Opinion | Forget the US dollar. Watch water and energy resources instead
As 2025 draws to a close, it marks an important milestone in the reconfiguration of the global economic…
Snapshot of EU economies: new experimental statistics – News articles
Eurostat has launched new experimental statistics presenting multi-country National Accounting Matrices (FIGARO-NAM). This new resource links data on…
Editorial | China’s commitment to globalisation evident at import expo
China’s drive to raise domestic consumption’s contribution to economic growth got a big boost from the annual China…
Foreign enterprises in the EU: small number, big impact – News articles
In 2023, only 1% of EU market producer enterprises (hereinafter enterprises) were under foreign control. More than half,…
Hungary’s historic double: After László Krasznahorkai’s Nobel win, David Szalay bags the Booker | Books and Literature News
In the autumn of 2025, the map of world literature has been redrawn, with its new capital situated…
Editorial | Hot on heels of truce with US, import expo shows China’s resolve to open up
Not long ago, the 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) was approaching under the dark clouds of the…
Developing | China to ‘embrace free markets and free trade’, Premier Li Qiang says at CIIE opening
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has pledged to further open the country’s vast consumer market to international businesses after…
fDi Intelligence – Your source for foreign direct investment information
There is no bounceback in sight for EU greenfield investment into China, and the head of the bloc’s…