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Making trade with Indonesia disruption-proof

If shipping goods is already cumbersome enough during peacetime, there is no guarantee that a conflict situation will ma...

From manufacturing to AI, Thailand must reinvent its growth model

Thailand is at an economic crossroads. Slowing growth and rising structural pressures are exposing the limits of its man...

Currency policy options for the Palestinian economy

The Palestinian economy conducts much of its daily interactions in a currency it does not issue or control. Is there a v...

The future of money in Palestine

Gaza needs more than billions in reconstruction funding. It needs a financial system that can move that money securely t...

ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results – July 2026

Germany’s second China shock

Mark Leonard welcomes Janka Oertel and Andrew Small to discuss how China’s industrial rise is shaking Germany—and Europe...

Why Criminals Love the Chinese Economy

And why Beijing can’t—or won’t—crack down.

The Next China Shock Will Hit Defence

If tomorrow’s wars are fought mainly by machines, victory belongs to the power that can fuse AI with robotics and build ...

NZ’s seasonal worker program: simplified processes and stronger worker protections

New Zealand's RSE scheme is getting its biggest shake-up in nearly 20 years. Simplified processes, stronger worker prote...

Opening Africa’s skies to trade, growth, and jobs

Air transport in Africa could be a powerful multiplier of growth, underpin regional trade, and fuel skilled job creation...

Counting clicks won’t explain Asia’s e-commerce success

Asia leads the world in e-commerce growth – but a fragmented approach to measuring success is holding policy back.

Australia’s critical-minerals strategy has a Brazil-sized gap

Both countries can dig up minerals at scale – neither controls what happens once they leave the ground.

Faster, cheaper, safer? The G20 should address the tradeoffs in cross-border payments.

The tensions between inclusion and speed on the one hand, and safety and security on the other, are becoming increasingl...

The global munitions crisis requires Foreign Military Sales reform

There are steps the Trump administration can take now to speed up defense sales, supporting both parter countries and th...

Russian greenhouse operator plans to hire 50 North Korean workers as students

A former state-run Russian farm is seeking to bring 50 North Korean men and women to work at its greenhouse as “student ...

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, July 28–29, 2026

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, July 28–29, 2026

How Ukraine’s strikes on Russian warehouses became a problem in Kyrgyzstan

Producers as far afield as Central Asia have been affected by Ukraine’s drones attacks on the e-commerce giant.

China risk returns in American bond markets

China doesn’t have to tank the US bond market, just hike it up a little bit to make Washington concede on a given day.

North Korean ‘trainees’ appear packaging Finnish-marketed pet food in Russia

Dozens of North Koreans appeared to work at a Moscow factory handling canned food for cats and dogs marketed as a Finnis...

Christine Lagarde: Panel remarks about the European economy during a discussion on the global economic outlook at the World Economic Forum

What it will take for the US and India to conclude a trade agreement

Washington and New Delhi have repeatedly come close to a trade agreement, only for disputes over tariffs and market acce...

Where Did Venezuela’s Oil Billions Go?

“We’re taking a lot of oil from Venezuela, and we’re getting along great with them. Billions and billions of barrels of ...

North Korea-China trade continues to slip as imports fall for third month

North Korea’s trade with China dipped at the start of the second half of the year as its imports continued falling for a...

The oil shock is sorting Latin America. The dividing line is institutions, not barrels.

Latin American countries that have been resilient amid the oil shock show how the region as a whole can reset its energy...

Philip R. Lane: The rise in defence spending and the euro area economy

The Dollar's Next Battlefield Isn't a Country. It's Code.

Money is moving onto new rails, built in code instead of wires and vaults, and that shift is quietly reshaping a tool th...

Australia is not ready for an economic blockade of Taiwan

Last month, US Senator Tammy Duckworth warned that China may be more likely to impose an economic blockade on Taiwan in ...

PNG’s declining agricultural output requires a return to commercial production

PNG's agriculture has been declining for over two decades despite endless policies, plans and donor loans. Wilson Thomps...

The Commercial Space Race

A strong commercial space industry is an important partner for the U.S. government, as it contributes to building more r...

Blacklisted North Korean oil firm defrauded of $366K in gasoline deal in Russia

Editor’s note: This article is part of an ongoing NK News series exploring Russia-DPRK relations based on court document...

Cash remains most widely accepted payment method in euro area

The True Cost of Cheap Chips

Given the relentless demand for computing power, electronic components are in scarce supply. Prices for certain memory c...

Age of Optionality: The Future is Not About Replacing the US Dollar

The financial system is evolving toward greater choice rather than a new hegemon, requiring policymakers to rethink how ...

Unlike its predecessors, the Yangon Stock Exchange remains relevant

Myanmar's previous stock exchanges were written off as vanity projects of authoritarian regimes. Despite modest activity...

40 North Korean women offered for hire as kimbap roll cooks, laborers in Russia

A Moscow staffing agency is promoting the recruitment of dozens of North Korean women for long shifts making kimbap roll...

Australia should join the defence bank that named it as a priority partner

Australia should open talks on joining the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) now, before the institution’s le...

Who Pays for America’s Research and Development?

When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, the U.S. government was the unrivaled patron of American science. It fun...

Power up: How EU-Africa cooperation can drive Europe’s battery recycling future

Europeans are making little progress in their efforts to source critical raw materials from recycling. They should estab...

Anti-corruption sanctions: Preparing for the time after Trump

Anti-corruption sanctions—and even the prospect of them—under the next US administration will be crucial to chances of p...

US Sanctions Iranian $6bn Crypto “Exchange” Shelbit

TRM Labs explains that sanctioned Iranian firm Shelbit was a fake crypto exchange