The Specter of Financial Catastrophe

Germany's Der Spiegel offered perhaps the starkest framing, warning that Trump's "ill-considered war against Iran" risks provoking a global financial

A Week That Shook Energy Markets

The escalating conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States has moved squarely onto the world's most critical energy chokepoints

Washington Weighs Easing Sanctions — While Striking Iran

In a striking policy pivot, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business that Washington is evaluating lifting some sanctions

What Comes Next

Three weeks into the US-Iran war, the world faces a dangerous convergence of risks: an energy crisis with no clear

Public Opinion: Keep Us Out of It

In Greece, a new MRB poll reveals that seven in ten citizens want Prime Minister Mitsotakis to maintain a neutral

Europe and Japan Step Up to Guard the Strait

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut down, a coalition of nations is preparing to act. Leaders from the United

A War That Changed Everything in Three Weeks

On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran. Tehran retaliated swiftly — striking

The Oil Shock Hits Home

The most immediate and widely felt consequence is surging energy prices. Charts published by Australia's Sydney Morning Herald and The

U.S. Politics: Democrats Move Against Bondi; Fed’s Powell Under Pressure

On Capitol Hill, Democratic lawmakers walked out in protest from a closed-door briefing by Attorney General Bondi on the Epstein

The Week Ahead

From the Fed's war-shadowed interest rate calculus to melting Antarctic ice, this week's headlines reveal a world grappling with overlapping