The New Choke Point Economy: How Trump’s Iran Strategy Is Redrawing Global Power Lines
The world’s most important economic arteries are narrowing—and fast. At the center is the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran, where President Donald Trump has embraced a strategy that goes far beyond conventional warfare. It is a strategy built on choke points, strategic geographic and economic bottlenecks that can determine the fate of […]
The Legal Line Is Breaking: Over 100 Experts Warn Iran War Threatens Global Order
A growing chorus of legal scholars is issuing one of the most direct warnings yet about the unfolding Iran War: the rules that govern conflict between nations are being tested and, in their view, dangerously eroded. In a letter published by Just Security, more than 100 U.S.-based international law experts argue that the military campaign […]
Macron Rebukes Trump as NATO Faces Its Most Serious Crisis in Decades
The transatlantic alliance that has anchored global stability since the end of World War II is now under acute strain, as a public clash between French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump exposes deep fractures within NATO. But Macron’s unusually direct rebuke did not emerge in a vacuum. It was triggered by a […]
War, Fertilizer, and the Fragility of Food: Inside a Crisis Spreading Across Global Markets
The world is watching the Strait of Hormuz for oil. It may soon realize it should have been watching it for food. As tensions escalate between the United States, Israel, and Iran, the narrow maritime corridor—long viewed as the world’s most critical energy chokepoint—is emerging as something more consequential: a pressure point for the global […]
Johan Rockström: The Scientist Redrawing the Limits of the Planet
There are few individuals who can credibly claim to have changed how humanity understands its place on Earth. Johan Rockström is one of them. Long before climate change became a boardroom priority or a geopolitical fault line, Rockström and his collaborators introduced a concept that would quietly reshape global discourse: planetary boundaries. It was a […]
Vietnam’s Energy Pivot: War-Driven Shock Forces One of Asia’s Largest Conglomerates to Rethink LNG
HANOI — In a move that may signal a turning point for energy strategy across emerging markets, Vingroup has proposed abandoning what was set to be Vietnam’s largest liquefied natural gas power project—opting instead for a massive renewable energy buildout. The decision is not being driven by climate ambition alone. It is being forced by […]
The “God Squad” Returns: Trump Administration Overrides Protections for One of the World’s Rarest Whales
WASHINGTON — A little-known federal panel with the power to override the United States’ most powerful environmental law has been revived for the first time in decades—and its decision could determine the fate of one of the rarest species on Earth. This week, under the Donald Trump administration, the Endangered Species Committee—known as the “God […]
Panama Tops Global Rankings as Green Climate Fund Selects New Regional Hubs
The world’s largest climate finance institution is moving closer to the frontlines—and Panama has emerged at the center of that shift. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has selected five locations for its first-ever regional hubs, marking a structural transformation in how climate finance is delivered to developing countries. Among them, Panama City stands out—not just […]
From London to New York: Gulf Capital Retreat Signals a New Era for Global Finance
LONDON — The war in Iran is beginning to redraw the global financial map. Not with a market crash or a banking crisis, but with something quieter and potentially more transformative: the retreat of Gulf sovereign wealth capital from the world. For decades, the sovereign wealth funds of the Gulf have been among the most […]
‘The U.S.A. Won’t Be There to Help You Anymore’: Trump Tells Allies to ‘Take’ Oil as Global Order Frays
WASHINGTON — The global energy system, already strained by escalating conflict in the Middle East, is now colliding with a political rupture among Western allies that could redefine the rules of cooperation in times of crisis. In a series of extraordinary posts on Truth Social, Donald Trump urged countries facing fuel shortages due to disruptions […]
