Outdoor Concerts? Uncovered Hair? Shimmying in Public? Is This Iran?
December 1st, 2025
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how young people across Iran have been leading a dramatic change in social mores in recent months: Thousands of young men and women, hair uncovered and [...]
How China Built a Network of Ports Encircling the Globe
December 1st, 2025 Via Bloomberg, a look at how – with shipping outposts on six continents – Beijing has cemented its trade dominance. That some could be used by its navy has other nations worried. [...]
December 1st, 2025 Via Bloomberg, a look at how – with shipping outposts on six continents – Beijing has cemented its trade dominance. That some could be used by its navy has other nations worried. [...]
After Gold and Diamonds, Russia Turns to Africa’s Trove of Fish
November 28th, 2025 Via Bloomberg, a report on how Russia is competing for influence – and money – in diverse, yet depleted waters: The Great African Expedition launched from the Baltic port of Kaliningrad in August [...]
November 28th, 2025 Via Bloomberg, a report on how Russia is competing for influence – and money – in diverse, yet depleted waters: The Great African Expedition launched from the Baltic port of Kaliningrad in August [...]
Great Game Intensifies for Myanmar’s Kachin Rare Earths
November 28th, 2025 Via the Asia Times, a look at how US-India cooperation in REE refining could give Kachin rebels controlling mines a strategic alternative to China In the global contest over critical minerals, [...]
November 28th, 2025 Via the Asia Times, a look at how US-India cooperation in REE refining could give Kachin rebels controlling mines a strategic alternative to China In the global contest over critical minerals, [...]
Angola’s Biggest Bank Accelerates Regional Expansion With DRC In Focus
November 25th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, a look at Banco Angolano de Investimentos’s plans to accelerate regional expansion: Banco Angolano de Investimentos (BAI) plans to raise the share of loans to the private [...]
November 25th, 2025 Via The Africa Report, a look at Banco Angolano de Investimentos’s plans to accelerate regional expansion: Banco Angolano de Investimentos (BAI) plans to raise the share of loans to the private [...]
Cuba: Heading For Disaster?
November 24th, 2025 Via The Economist, a report on Cuba’s growing economic challenges: It is hard to fathom how ordinary Cubans nowadays manage to survive. The barest necessities of life cost far more than the [...]
November 24th, 2025 Via The Economist, a report on Cuba’s growing economic challenges: It is hard to fathom how ordinary Cubans nowadays manage to survive. The barest necessities of life cost far more than the [...]