Has globalisation ended? Goods, capital, technology and production still move across borders, it is accounted for 46.3 per cent of world trade in the latest WTO assessment [1], close to its recent peak. Global value chains remain embedded in the world economy, what is ending is the assumption that companies can organise themselves primarily around … More Everyone Wants Global Business, But on Their Own Terms
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?
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
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
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
Suicide rate in Indonesia continues to increase day by days. Understand suicide prevention measures and help those who are depressed! … More World Suicide Prevention Day: How to Identify and Prevent Someone from Taking Their Own Life
The ugly truth of fast fashion industry in the UK has been revealed by Covid-19 in Leicester. What happened and will it be fix by local sourcing? … More Fast Fashion and Covid-19: Revealing the Dark Side of the UK Garment Industry
When we talked about Yemen crisis, we are not talking about a war. This war has caused major social-economy and health crisis. Will the country survive? … More A Beginner Guide to Yemen Crisis and Covid-19 Impact on It
The US announced its plan to withdraw 30% of its army in Germany, as a form of punishment. Who actually benefits from it? Not Germany. … More Trump to Withdraw US Army From Germany: Who Actually Benefited From It?
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)
The Siren of Novgorod 