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Recent briefings below
Recent Briefings
Today on The Globe Desk, we're tracking the difficult bind facing developing economies. Multiple stories highlight the tension between integrating with the global system for growth and the simultaneou…
Today's briefing tracks the rebalancing of the global order. We examine the shifting power dynamics in the Middle East post-US-Iran conflict, Africa's rise as a demographic and data powerhouse, and th…
Today's briefing examines the fragility of the recent US-Iran ceasefire and the deepening demographic challenges reshaping economies from China to India and beyond.
Today's briefing maps the continuing fallout from the US-Iran framework agreement, with new analyses arguing it marks a 'Suez Moment' and a fundamental shift in Middle East power dynamics. Elsewhere, …
Today on The Globe Desk, we're tracking the fallout from the US-Iran deal, which is reshaping alliances and economic pressures across the Middle East and beyond. We're also examining structural econom…
Today's briefing tracks the difficult aftermath of the US-Iran ceasefire, with a new framework agreement circulating at the G7 that reveals significant concessions and risks. Meanwhile, a collection o…
The main event today is the fallout from the US-Iran ceasefire agreement we've been tracking, but a wave of independent analysis frames it not as a peace deal, but as a strategic victory for Tehran wo…
Today's briefing centers on the tentative US-Iran peace deal announced as G7 leaders gather in France. While the agreement aims to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a closer look revea…
Today on The Globe Desk: a thread of divergence. The World Bank warns of a 'lost decade' for most developing economies but singles out India as a resilient outlier, while Africa's struggle for financi…
The global fertility collapse continues to reshape economic realities, with a new UN report confirming 68% of the world now lives in sub-replacement nations, and a major US study linking the decline d…