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The Silk Road is an ancient trade route that connects China to the West. For centuries it has played an important role as a crosspoint for civilisations.Today it plays a key role in the geopolitics between China and the U.S.
The Red Sea crisis has evolved from a regional skirmish into a systemic failure of Western sea power. As non-state actors disrupt the Suez artery, the era of guaranteed oceanic freedom is ending, replaced by a fragmented, costly reality.
8 Sept 2026
As the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation formalises its new security architecture in Central Asia, a parallel global order is emerging. This is not just a military pact, but a systematic bypass of the post-1945 institutional hegemony.
3 Sept 2026
As the West rushes to de-risk green energy supply chains, a refurbished railway through Angola is becoming the most critical asset in the industrial rivalry between the United States and China.
24 Aug 2026
Global central banks are liquidating US Treasuries for physical gold at a record pace. This shift marks the end of the post-war bargain: the dollar is no longer a neutral sanctuary for sovereign wealth.
20 Aug 2026
A deepening alliance between Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces and Ethiopia is redrawing the map of East Africa, isolating Cairo and threatening the historic hegemony of the Nile’s downstream power.
19 Aug 2026
Tehran’s decades-long defiance of the unipolar order has moved from isolation to a blueprint for middle-power resistance, as Iran leverages geography and historical grievances to outlast Western influence in the Levant.
18 Aug 2026
