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Weekly Graphic: Economic Decline in Iran

(click to enlarge) A paradox has emerged in Iran’s economic crisis: Conditions that might be expected to bring down the regime have instead become a...

Weekly Graphic: Exports Drive Modest European Recovery

(click to enlarge) The European economy regained some momentum in the second quarter of 2026. Gross domestic product increased by 0.6 percent quarter-on-quarter in the...

Weekly Graphic: Diesel Price Spike

(click to enlarge) Diesel prices have surged to their highest levels in years as geopolitical shocks tighten global supply. Russian refinery outages and export restrictions...

Weekly Graphic: The Houthis’ Advance

(click to enlarge) The Houthis are staying out of Iran’s war with the United States, using the broader Gulf conflict instead to advance their own...

Weekly Graphic: Changes in Latin American FDI

(click to enlarge) Foreign direct investment in Latin America in 2025 reflected a global landscape marked by uncertainty and a shift in U.S. trade policy....

The US and Canada Need Each Other

(click to enlarge) U.S.-Canada relations have entered their most contentious period in decades, with Washington and Ottawa trading tariffs, political pressure and public shows of...

India and China’s Paradoxical Relationship

(click to enlarge) India and China present one of contemporary geopolitics’ greatest paradoxes: two nuclear-armed rivals locked in an intensifying military standoff while simultaneously becoming...

Diminished Expectations for 2026 Economic Growth

(click to enlarge) The World Bank's January forecast, which had expected the global economy to maintain relatively strong growth momentum, has been revised downward. The...

Ceuta’s Migration Crisis

(click to enlarge) On 30 July, an unprecedented migration crisis unfolded in the small Spanish exclave of Ceuta, an 18-square-kilometer (7-square-mile) territory on the North...

Caspian Sea: Where the Iran and Ukraine Wars Meet

(click to enlarge) The Caspian Sea rarely makes global headlines, but it has abruptly become the intersection of the wars in Ukraine and Iran. Not...

China-Russia Naval Cooperation and Japan’s Response

(click to enlarge) Recurring operations around Japan are improving China and Russia’s ability to coordinate pressure on the U.S.-led regional alliance system. Since 2021, China...

Building Around the Strait of Hormuz

(click to enlarge) Plans by Dubai port operator DP World to expand port infrastructure on the eastern seaboard of United Arab Emirates should be understood...

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