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With the world still reeling from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately one fifth of global oil is shipped, Iran’s…
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But how bad the situation ends up for the Baltics & Europe will depend on state aid from the region and Brussels
Conflict and Credit
Mongolia may be the closest modern day equivalent to the Wild West, but repeated burns mean commodity cowboys tread there cautiously
Foreign Policy
The administration’s inconsistency has undermined a key tool of U.S. foreign policy.
Conflict and Credit
On we go with the risks of complex investment vehicles handling other people’s money
UnHerd
Even if the Iran war ends today, and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is lifted, the damage to global oil and gas markets will be lasting. Opec reported this week that its members produced 27% less oil in March than in the previous month, from 28.8 million barrels per day down to 20.8 [...]Read More...
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The world is at war - a globally significant macro event, with Gulf outbound investment, European energy prices, and the dynamics of US military ‘success’ set to be the drivers of financial markets for weeks and months to come even if the conflict in Iran ends today.
Foreign Policy Research Institute
With the world still reeling from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately one fifth of global oil is shipped, Iran’s…
Al Jazeera
Has Moscow really overcome the sanctions regime? It is time to talk facts, not fiction.
Conflict and Credit
In debtor-creditor relationships, labels matter
Conflict and Credit
Credit, claims, courts and capital can make conflict 'good'
Al Jazeera
With US aid stalled, only Moscow’s immobilised billions can keep Ukraine fighting.
Conflict and Credit
A deal laden with political risks, and precedent potential in Belgrade
Al Jazeera
Europe and Ukraine have to change their approach towards Trump or risk ceding more ground to Russia.
Al Jazeera
Trump’s threats over oil and missiles mark a shift on Ukraine - but without allies, they may be empty talk.
Al Jazeera
‘Pre-emptive’ aggression brings nothing but chaos and instability.
Al Jazeera
Every day without leadership from Washington means more bloodshed in Ukraine - and more cracks in global security.
Al Jazeera
But Congress can still step in to save them, and the US economy.
Al Jazeera
Some of the US president's most daring MAGA policies may inflict irreparable harm to the US economy.
Fletcher Russia & Eurasia Program
By Natasha Wood, MALD 2024 Candidate, The Fletcher School On September 26, 2024, the Russia and Eurasia Program presented Maximilian Hess with Fletcher’s fifth U.S.-Russia relations book prize for …
Al Jazeera
Putin-friendly, far-right FPO's imminent rise to power in Austria is a direct consequence of liberal, centrist failings.
Conflict and Credit
Bidzina Ivanishvili sanctioned by OFAC and the risk of secondary sanctions
Foreign Policy
Biden still has the authority to fund Ukraine using Russia’s money.
Conflict and Credit
Sovereignty, International Competition, and Dealmaking in the Indian Ocean
Al Jazeera
Moscow poses much more of an immediate threat to US global standing than Beijing.
Conflict and Credit
The most important question for Gabon’s future is whether it can pay its debts.
UnHerd
This week Ukrainian officials reached an agreement in principle with Ukraine’s Ad Hoc Creditor Committee to restructure the country’s debts — around $21.5 billion, excluding interest accrued since Russia’s full-scale invasion. The committee represents around 25% of Ukraine’s Eurobond holders, and two-thirds are required to agree to the terms for it to be finalised by [...]Read More...
Foreign Policy
Ukraine is currently on the losing side of the new legal front in the West’s economic war.
Conflict and Credit
Rumors of demise run counter to reality, and the data –MBS’ spending binges could bring the petrodollar to an end, but it is no longer the global force it once was.
Conflict and Credit
Spies, Schnitzel, Sanctions, Sisi, & Securities
Al Jazeera
And claiming that it is harms the fight against the very real and growing threat posed by anti-Semitism.
Conflict and Credit
Debt, territorial control, foreign policy, and war remain intertwined, as they always have been.
Conflict and Credit
A Proposal from Your Author Over at the FT
Conflict and Credit
Digitizing central banks’ issuance of money risks making money, credit, and banking even more political than it already is.
Al Jazeera
Western concerns about the transfer of Russian funds seized in the West to Ukraine are unfounded.
Conflict and Credit
The firm released two recent letters declaring that it was cooperating with US financial and sanctions-enforcement authority.
Conflict and Credit
There is little I love more than a cliché.
Conflict and Credit
A tie-Up between the Saudi and Chinese Central Banks Shows Beijing's nous in geo-economic policy making but still has critical shortcomings
Conflict and Credit
The Black Sea and Baltic General Insurance Company was funded with Soviet capital, and relied on a market structure that saw it reinsured by British aristocrats.
Foreign Policy
The country is increasingly important to the world—and increasingly unstable.
Conflict and Credit
This essay will try to examine first the crisis itself, and then to explain what impact it may have on Georgia.
Conflict and Credit
this week over at bne Intellinews & Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
International inaction has allowed for a tragic cycle of violence and displacement. It is high time to change course.
Conflict and Credit
An ongoing dispute between central Iraqi government in Bagdad, the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), and Turkey can teach us a lot about institutional strength in the international economic order.
Al Jazeera
Wagner's mutiny was a symptom of intra-elite tensions which will not go away with the passing of its leader.
Al Jazeera
The world still wants to buy US debt, and the dollar's dominance won't be affected by the Fitch downgrade.
Al Jazeera
We have yet to see the full repercussions of the Wagner Group's march on Moscow.
Al Jazeera
Putin is losing two wars: the one in Ukraine and the one over the World War II narrative.
Al Jazeera
A recent decision by the UK's top court ruined Putin's efforts to break the Western-led economic order from within.
Al Jazeera
To counter his strategy, the West should offer Kyiv a formal alliance.
Foreign Policy
The United States has broken with a long-standing precedent that was established for very good reasons.
Al Jazeera
The $60 price cap on Russian seaborne oil may mark the beginning of the end for Putin's economic strategy.
Al Jazeera
By cutting gas to the European Union, the Kremlin is shooting itself in the foot.
Al Jazeera
Those whom the Russian president may perceive as allies do not seem to be eager to back his brutal war in Ukraine.
Foreign Policy
Moscow is overstretched in Ukraine—and Armenia is suffering the consequences.
Al Jazeera
As Europe stares down winter energy shortages, votes in Italy and Bulgaria could test its resolve on Russian sanctions.
Al Jazeera
The six-month anniversary of Russia's war coincides with the day Ukraine decided to break from the Soviet Union.
Al Jazeera
If the horrors of war can eradicate our values, then Putin is winning.
Al Jazeera
If the West is serious about saving Ukraine's future, it should start considering debt cancellation.
Foreign Policy
Europe needs a serious Azerbaijan policy—and needs it fast.
Al Jazeera
But it needs to urgently take some necessary - and at times politically risky - steps to secure alternative supplies.
Al Jazeera
Despite the war in Europe choking global economy, UK's prime ministerial hopefuls are saying little on foreign policy.
Al Jazeera
The Uzbek government's clampdown on protests in Karakalpakstan can have significant consequences for the wider region.
Al Jazeera
The Ukraine war is far from over, but Western solidarity against Russia and support for sanctions may soon falter.
Foreign Policy
He is the one unsavory character the West urgently needs better relations with.
Al Jazeera
Brussels is failing the Georgian people by trying to punish them for the actions of their government.
New Statesman
The Russian exclave is a point of pressure for the West but also has more to lose from Moscow’s manoeuvring.
Al Jazeera
To cut the economic lifelines of Russia, the West needs to assume a carrot-and-stick approach.
Foreign Policy
But with power increasingly centralized in the Kremlin, don’t look for Moscow’s empire to fracture anytime soon.
New Statesman
Putting the Groningen gas field back into production would send less money to the Kremlin but carries political risks.
Al Jazeera
Russia avoided sovereign default, but at a high cost.
Al Jazeera
By weaponising gas exports, Putin is digging the grave of Russia's economy.
Foreign Policy
It has been the world’s bloodiest body of water since the Cold War—and not just because of Ukraine.
Al Jazeera
There are ways to make sure Russia pays for the damage it inflicts on Ukraine and its economy.
Al Jazeera
We are not witnessing the dawn of a new post-dollar world.
Al Jazeera
Putin appears to be working to transform Russia's autocratic market economy into an autarkic command one.
Al Jazeera
Sanctions failed to deter Putin from attacking Ukraine; can they now help facilitate peace?
Foreign Policy
Central Asia is about to receive its first dynastic family.
Al Jazeera
If Putin does not change course - and fast - Russia may find itself in an economic catastrophe akin to that of 1918.
Al Jazeera
Putin's latest attack on Ukraine will be costly for the West on multiple fronts.
Financial Times
While it takes more to be a sovereign than just operating your own central bank, it doesn’t half help with appearances.
Foreign Policy
A legal battle between Russia and Ukraine is an unprecedented instance of war by other means—and an example that others will soon follow.
Foreign Policy
The economics of a major oil deal seemed to make sense. But when energy companies are arms of the state, economics aren't the only factor.
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