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
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
The Siren of Novgorod 