For most of the 2010s, China was framed as the inevitable successor to the United States — a rising superpower whose economic momentum looked unstoppable. Western businesses treated it as the future. Governments treated it… China’s Plateau: Why the World Stopped Talking About a Coming Superpower

For years, the story of Gulf investment was predictable: Dubai bought skyscrapers, Qatar bought football clubs, and Saudi Arabia bought everything else. But in the last decade, billions have quietly flowed somewhere unexpected — Morocco.… Why Morocco Is the Gulf’s New Frontier

When US Marines fast-roped onto the Skipper — a sanctioned crude-oil tanker accused of moving illicit Venezuelan and Iranian oil — the footage looked cinematic. According to reporting from the BBC, two helicopters launched from… Cuba 2.0: How a Seized Tanker Could Open the Door to a New Russian Foothold in the Americas

Structural risks we treat as distant abstractions — until the bill arrives. Governments chase short-term wins. Voters reward short-term comfort. Markets optimise for short-term returns. Almost every long-term risk Britain faces is the predictable by-product… 10 Future Blowbacks We’re Sleepwalking Into

Why FIFA’s mega-event no longer fits inside a single country — and why 2038 exposes the crisis.