geopolitics

Six months’ salary in a single day. That’s the kind of payoff China’s boom in initial public offerings is handing to a lucky few.

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.

Huawei heads to trial in US over its business dealings in Iran Reuters

Advancing lead program KRSA-028 toward the clinic, with Phase 1 healthy volunteer data expected mid-2027 and interim proof-of-concept data in Alzheimer’s patients anticipated by year-end 2027 or first quarter of 2028

Remember the Iranian nuclear threat? It’s been growing.

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

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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

Hormuz disruptions hitting small businesses hardest, UN trade agency warns Reuters

The US took action against dozens of firms supporting Iran’s aviation sector on Tuesday, as part of a new sanctions effort from the Trump administration that hasn’t yet appeared to have much impact on Tehran’s main trading partners.