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The sources of Tehran’s economic resilience.

The renminbi was supposed to become a global currency. Instead, China’s tight controls have helped lay the groundwork for a more fragmented monetary system. The post The IMF’s boost to China’s currency is costing the world, ten years later appeared first on Atlantic Council.

Trump’s envoys continue to discuss win-win scenarios, but Putin is playing a zero sum game. His invasion of Ukraine is not a land grab or a geopolitical real estate deal. It is an attempt to reverse the Soviet collapse and revive the Russian Empire, writes Peter Dickinson. The post Putin welcomes Tr

For years, Russia wielded its energy capacity as a weapon against its neighbors to manipulate, coerce, and control. Ukraine’s strategic bombing campaign is now turning this energy weapon against Moscow itself, writes Ana Lejava. The post Ukrainian drone strikes are disarming Russia’s energy weapon a

TPG evaluates sale of healthcare software firm Lyric for $5B - Reuters

US trial against China's Huawei opens with prosecutor calling the company a criminal enterprise Reuters

Official travelling with Ukrainian president says they believe a Russian weapon was used

The misguided belief that dangling potential postwar profits can lead to peace has hampered US diplomacy from Ukraine to Gaza and Iran

Most Gulf bourses in red as Middle East conflict escalates Reuters

On July 20, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Amy Woolf published an article in Orbis titled “Nuclear Norms in an Era of Renewed Nuclear Competition.” She highlights that the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in February 2026 has left nuclear weapons states wi