China: Here To Stay In Iraq’s Energy Sector
November 6th, 2025
Via The Atlantic Council, a look at why China is here to stay in Iraq’s energy sector: Even as Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has worked to increase US involvement in Iraq’s energy [...]
Saudi’s AI Ambitions May Run Through Syria
November 5th, 2025 Via Semafor, a look at how Saudi’s AI ambitions may run through Syria: Courtesy of TeleGeography. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks to build data cables connecting [...]
November 5th, 2025 Via Semafor, a look at how Saudi’s AI ambitions may run through Syria: Courtesy of TeleGeography. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks to build data cables connecting [...]
China’s Massive African Mine Threatens to Upend Iron Ore Market
November 5th, 2025 Via Bloomberg, commentary on how the size and richness of the Simandou deposit in Guinea could shift the industry’s power dynamics and help transform the nation’s economy: In April 1998, a young [...]
November 5th, 2025 Via Bloomberg, commentary on how the size and richness of the Simandou deposit in Guinea could shift the industry’s power dynamics and help transform the nation’s economy: In April 1998, a young [...]
Africa Eyes Critical Minerals Boom, But Can It Turn Resources into Real Wealth?
November 5th, 2025 Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at how – as the global race for critical minerals intensifies – African countries are positioning themselves to move beyond exporting raw materials and [...]
November 5th, 2025 Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at how – as the global race for critical minerals intensifies – African countries are positioning themselves to move beyond exporting raw materials and [...]
Egypt and Eritrea Close Ranks Over Ethiopia’s Red Sea Push
November 3rd, 2025 Via The Africa Report, a look at how Egypt and Eritrea are closing ranks over Ethiopia’s Red Sea push: Addis Ababa’s renewed bid for maritime access is reshaping alliances across the Horn, [...]
November 3rd, 2025 Via The Africa Report, a look at how Egypt and Eritrea are closing ranks over Ethiopia’s Red Sea push: Addis Ababa’s renewed bid for maritime access is reshaping alliances across the Horn, [...]
The Optimist’s Case for Mexico
November 2nd, 2025 Via Bloomberg, commentary on Mexico: David Arana always had a thing for numbers. That passion took him to MIT to study mathematics and later to New York, where he traded credit derivatives for [...]
November 2nd, 2025 Via Bloomberg, commentary on Mexico: David Arana always had a thing for numbers. That passion took him to MIT to study mathematics and later to New York, where he traded credit derivatives for [...]