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The EU’s Internal Market Is Big. Its Economic Problem Is Bigger.
Europe remains a vast economic space, but scale alone is not producing the dynamism its leaders want. The bloc’s real challenge is turning regulation-heavy integration into faster growth, deeper inves
The World Economy’s Thin Ice: Inflation, Tariffs, and the Return of Policy Panic
The global economy is no longer collapsing, but neither is it healthy. Inflation has stopped falling, growth is weakening, and a new mix of tariffs, war shocks and supply-chain fragmentation is pushin
The New Video-Game Empire Is Less About Consoles Than Control
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are no longer fighting the old console war so much as defining what a game business is worth: access, engagement, subscriptions and mobile reach. The result is a quieter b
Asia’s Pop-Culture Supercluster: How Japan, Korea and Tokyo’s Streets Rewired the Region
From anime and manga to K-pop, K-drama and Asian cinema, East Asia has turned culture into infrastructure: a system of exports, images and habits that shape how millions dress, watch, travel and dream
The New AI Oligarchy: Why the Real Battle Is No Longer the Model
The race in artificial intelligence has moved beyond benchmark bragging rights. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple are now fighting over distribution, enterprise adoption, infrastruc
Trump’s foreign wars are coming home as an economic bill
The White House is presenting overseas escalation as strength, but the domestic price is increasingly impossible to hide. Farmers, fuel buyers, and manufacturers are already absorbing the shock.
The New World Disorder Is Not a Crisis. It Is the System Now.
The defining story of this moment is not a single war, election, or product cycle, but the collapse of the boundaries that once separated geopolitics, technology, markets, and media. As the U.S.-Iran
The New TV Attention Economy: What Everyone Is Talking About in Summer 2026
Television’s conversation has become more fragmented, but a handful of series are still commanding outsized attention through a mix of delayed returns, noisy premieres, and sharply divided reactions.
Zimbabwe Tightens Its Grip as Mnangagwa Extends the Political Clock
Zimbabwe’s ruling party is moving to lock in power through constitutional change and a delayed electoral timetable. Critics say the new direction weakens direct democracy while strengthening the presi
The EU Is Winning Cases, But Not Its Digital War
The European Union is still proving it can punish Big Tech, but regulation alone is not the same as power. The real test is whether Brussels can turn legal victories into durable market discipline.
Europe’s Economy Is Stuck Between Inflation Relief and Growth Pessimism
Inflation is easing, but that is not the same as recovery. For the eurozone, the problem is becoming familiar: prices are less threatening while the economy still looks too weak to inspire confidence.
Europe’s Defence Reckoning Has Arrived
Brussels is talking less about strategic autonomy and more about strategic survival. The question is whether Europe can turn rhetoric into industrial capacity before the next crisis tests it.
