EU–Mercosur Trade Deal Enters Long-Awaited Implementation Phase Brazil has moved decisively on two major fronts of foreign policy and economic integration, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signing a decree enacting the long-awaited Mercosur–EU free trade agreement, while also strengthening security cooperation with the United States to combat transnational
EU–Mercosur Trade Deal Enters Long-Awaited Implementation Phase Brazil has moved decisively on two major fronts of foreign policy and economic integration, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signing a decree enacting the long-awaited Mercosur–EU free trade agreement, while also strengthening security cooperation with the United States to combat transnational
When the UAE announced on April 28th that it was leaving OPEC, effective May 1st, the immediate market reaction was muted. And that, paradoxically, is what makes the decision so significant. This was not a panic move. It was a long-prepared strategic exit, pulled forward by a war that made
When the UAE announced on April 28th that it was leaving OPEC, effective May 1st, the immediate market reaction was muted. And that, paradoxically, is what makes the decision so significant. This was not a panic move. It was a long-prepared strategic exit, pulled forward by a war that made
When the UAE announced on April 28th that it was leaving OPEC, effective May 1st, the immediate market reaction was muted. And that, paradoxically, is what makes the decision so significant. This was not a panic move. It was a long-prepared strategic exit, pulled forward by a war that made
When the UAE announced on April 28th that it was leaving OPEC, effective May 1st, the immediate market reaction was muted. And that, paradoxically, is what makes the decision so significant. This was not a panic move. It was a long-prepared strategic exit, pulled forward by a war that made
There is a before and an after. Geopolitics rarely offers such clean lines, but the beginning of 2026 has drawn one in ink that will not wash out. The Middle East that existed before Iran mined the Strait of Hormuz is gone. What has replaced it is something older, rawer,
There is a before and an after. Geopolitics rarely offers such clean lines, but the beginning of 2026 has drawn one in ink that will not wash out. The Middle East that existed before Iran mined the Strait of Hormuz is gone. What has replaced it is something older, rawer,
Prof. David Monyae The Middle East has become a global flashpoint. For the past two months, the region has been engulfed in relentless and devastating conflict following the United States and Israel’s unprovoked and ill-conceived attack on Iran on February 28. The given pretext for the attack, which was launched
The world’s most important oil chokepoint is creating problems far beyond energy markets and China’s factory floors are starting to feel it. The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which roughly a fifth of global oil supply passes daily, has returned to the centre of geopolitical anxiety. Fresh tensions