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The New Arithmetic of Gold
Gold prices remain elevated despite higher interest rates, raising questions about traditional market trends. Explore how inflation, sovereign debt, geopolitical risks and the location of gold reserves are influencing central banks’ investment and custody decisions.
AI and the Global South: Can Open-Weight AI Close the Gap?
Open-weight artificial intelligence could give developing countries a rare opportunity to narrow the technological gap with richer economies. But access to AI models is only the beginning; infrastructure, skills, institutions and local innovation will determine whether that opportunity becomes real economic development.
The New Arithmetic of Gold: Rates, Reserves and Sovereign Risk
On September 16, the US Federal Reserve raised its policy rate by a quarter percentage point, bringing the target range to 3.75–4 per cent....
A Chinese Film Shows What War Movies Usually Miss
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East offers a Chinese perspective on the Iraq War, exploring conflict, humanity, local voices and postwar reconstruction.
Two Straits, One World
The Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb are vital to global trade, energy and food security. Explore how maritime disruptions affect fertilizer prices, supply chains, developing economies and the Global South.
The Energy Shock Threatening America’s Farms
America’s agricultural crisis is increasingly linked to volatile energy prices, rising diesel and fertilizer costs, biofuel demand and geopolitical tensions. Explore how energy shocks are affecting U.S. farmers, corn and soybean production, food prices, agricultural exports and rural livelihoods and why energy security is becoming essential to America’s food security.
Strait of Hormuz Crisis
The Strait of Hormuz has emerged as the world’s most dangerous economic chokepoint, where geopolitics and global energy security collide.
A very few locations carry...
After the Tariffs
Trade Policy in a New Legal Era
The global trade system was shaken recently by a major legal decision from the United States Supreme Court,...
The Multipolar Reality – Beyond the Zero-Sum Game
For nearly three decades following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the international system was defined by a singular, overwhelming reality: American unipolarity. It...
China’s 2025 Economic Plan: Growth, Innovation & Global Stability
Amidst global economic uncertainties, China has set an ambitious course for 2025, reaffirming its position as a stabilizing force in the world economy. With...
