UAE stock markets shed billions amid regional conflict
Stock markets in the United Arab Emirates have suffered sharp losses since the outbreak of the US-Israel conflict with Iran, wiping out an...
Competing by exclusion: The return of economic containment
By Milinda Moragoda As the world navigates rising inflation, supply chain disruptions, and intensifying geopolitical tensions, a new form of economic competition is...
Re-evaluation after the ballots in Bangladesh
By Ragib Anjum The ballots have been counted. The uncertainty has not. In the days after 12 February, the long-awaited election day, Bangladesh...
Sajith warns of intensifying Middle East conflict and impact on Sri Lanka
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has warned that the growing involvement of Houthi fighters in the Middle East conflict could have serious economic and...
Iran clears 20 Pakistan-flagged vessels through Hormuz
Iran has approved 20 Pakistani-flagged vessels to sail though the strait of Hormuz, Pakistani deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar said...
Rules for some, chaos for others: Overcoming the global energy lockdown
By Vox Civis Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared something that would have sounded profound in the pre-Trump era, but not these days....
Nepal’s ex-PM arrested over fatal protest crackdown
Nepal’s former prime minister KP Sharma Oli has been arrested over his alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on protests last year. More...
One fuel price formula, many factions, no consensus?
By Madhusha Thavapalakumar The government, the state energy corporation, independent researchers, and opposition politicians are all at odds over how Sri Lanka prices...
Cuba and the end of an era
By Milinda Moragoda Cuba’s deepening crisis represents more than the failure of an economic model-it signals a turning point in Global South politics....
