Oceania at a Crossroads: Treaties, Climate, and the Digital Shadow War
As Australia reshapes its Pacific footprint, the region confronts a new mix of money, climate diplomacy, and AI-fuelled political influence
A Fractured World, and No Easy Off-Ramp
War, trade, AI, and climate shocks converged on a week that exposed the limits of global coordination.
A World of Friction, No Easy Off-Ramp
War, elections, markets, AI, and energy all moved at once — and none moved cleanly.
When the Watchdog Barks at Its Own Creations
OpenAI’s safety crusade exposes the paradox at the heart of modern AI
Trump’s Economy Is Colliding With Reality
Trade threats, tariff politics and an uneven labour market are exposing the limits of the White House economic narrative
Japan’s Expanding State: Big Budgets, Tight Money, and a Society in Transition
As Tokyo reaches for record spending and higher interest rates, the real test is whether Japan can still promise opportunity and security in an aging, anxious nation
The World Is Starving in Plain Sight
From Sudan to Somalia, Nigeria and Gaza, the new UN hunger map exposes a global moral failure
