Democracy on Trial: How Seoul, Washington and Brasília Are Fighting the Same Battle
South Korea jails a martial-law aide, the US guts its election board and Brazil keeps an ex-president jailed - a...
July 11, 2026Section
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USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief July 10 — Trump ousts election watchdog and skips signing a housing bill, Houston mourns...
July 10, 2026
Vietnam Just Passed Mexico as America’s Biggest Trade Gap
Vietnam overtook Mexico in the US trade deficit for May, and Taiwan now outranks China. Washington is arguing over a...
July 10, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief July 9: A Maine Senate campaign collapses, the Fed leans toward higher rates, and Canada...
July 9, 2026
The Oil Shock Nobody Wanted: How a Broken Ceasefire in the Gulf Reaches From Jakarta to Brasília
The US-Iran ceasefire collapse and Iran's Strait of Hormuz threat push Brent to $78, jolting Asia, Europe and Latin America...
July 9, 2026
Rails, Cobalt and Rivalry: The African Railway Redrawing the Great-Power Map
A $753m US-backed railway from Angola to Congo shows how Washington, Africa and a Lusophone builder are racing China for...
July 8, 2026
The Strait That Divides the World: How One Sea Lane Split the Global Economy in Two
The Iran ceasefire's collapse and tanker strikes near Hormuz spiked oil and cut IMF growth to 3% - but the...
July 8, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — North America turns jittery as Wall Street falls and oil jumps on the Iran...
July 8, 2026
One Old Railway, Two Superpowers, and the Fight for the Metals That Run the Future
Angola's Lobito rail wins fresh funding as Washington and Beijing fight for Africa's cobalt and copper. What it means for...
July 8, 2026