The People Built the World Cup, Why Should Investors Own Its Growth?

July 31, 2026

FIFA’s plan to bring private investors into the company to manage its major competitions has been described as either a bold development programme or selling football’s soul from the people to billionaires. The World Cup is already a vast commercial operation built on broadcasting rights, sponsorship, ticketing, hospitality and licensing. Investors in theory would not … More The People Built the World Cup, Why Should Investors Own Its Growth?

The Cheap Supplier is Not the Safe One: How China’s Rare Earth Controls would Reorder Global Supply Chains

July 16, 2026

China’s rare earth controls are becoming a case for how economic power works in a more fragmented world. Beijing has learned how to turn concentrated industrial capacity into diplomatic leverage, while keeping its measures framed as lawful export controls, national security protection, and dual-use regulation. The result is a new form of “geoeconomic pressure”, which … More The Cheap Supplier is Not the Safe One: How China’s Rare Earth Controls would Reorder Global Supply Chains

Geopolitics Meets Pipeline: What Israel vs Iran Means for Energy Security

June 19, 2025

Key Summary: In June 2025, the world witnessed an escalation in the Middle Eastern tensions as Israel launched a surprise strike on Iranian nuclear and energy infrastructure. What began as said to be military pre-emption, quickly turned into a regional confrontation involving retaliatory missile strikes, civilian casualties and targeted hits on critical oil and gas … More Geopolitics Meets Pipeline: What Israel vs Iran Means for Energy Security

A Begginer Guide to India-Pakistan’s Escalating Conflict May 2025

May 11, 2025

Tensions between India and Pakistan, the two nuclear-armed countries, have reached their highest level after the 1999 Kargil conflict. A deadly terrorist attack on 22 April in Pahalgam that killed 26 Hindu tourists has reignited decades-old hostilities. It has now turned into missile strikes, cross-border shelling, air combat and rising civilian casualties that now threaten to destabilise the region. … More A Begginer Guide to India-Pakistan’s Escalating Conflict May 2025

Celebrating 20 Years of Vladimir Putin in Power : What to Love and What Not To Love – Part I (2000-2004)

June 18, 2020

In the first part of Putin’s 20th anniversary in power, we will talk about how this hard-working man disarmed oligarchs and gradually became an authoritarian power. … More Celebrating 20 Years of Vladimir Putin in Power : What to Love and What Not To Love – Part I (2000-2004)