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Maritime trade routes are under threat—and markets still underprice the risks
Conflict, climate change, and geopolitical tensions are putting unprecedented pressure on the world's most important waterways. The economic costs are...
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Trump wants a made-for-TV summit – but Kim Jong-un will decide the ratings
With midterm elections looming, diplomacy as advertorial can play to the president’s strengths.
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Malaysia’s full stop and ASEAN’s creeping Taiwan consensus
Southeast Asian governments treat their Taiwan statements as mere moments – only China is keeping score.
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
1979 all over again? Iran and US Indian Ocean strategy transformed
The last time Iran shocked Washington, it built 50 years of US presence.
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions over Red Sea port have turned the Tigray peace deal into a political weapon
An incomplete peace agreement has become a useful political tool to the Ethiopian government, the TPLF and Eritrea.
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Myanmar SMR site work 'could start in 2027'
Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom expects to sign a contract for initial engineering surveys in Myanmar by the end of the year, with work on ...
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Threats to US global leadership are mounting: fiscally, militarily, and with allies
Rising national debt, the ongoing war in Iran, and the trade dispute with Canada are testing the United States’ global leadership. The post Threats to...
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
US Sanctions Mabna Institute Hackers for Iranian Cyber-Attacks
The US has sanctioned individuals connected to hacking-for-hire group the Mabna Institute
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Tracking a Sanctioned Russian Vessel’s West African Odyssey
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. A sanctioned vessel that was previously reported t...
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
North Korea open for all tourists regardless of nationality, legal journal says
Tourism in North Korea is open to all people “regardless of nationality,” according to the law journal from the country’s most prestigious academic in...
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
After 6 months of war, why aren't oil prices even higher?
For decades, the potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been considered the ultimate doomsday scenario for global oil markets. So, when Iran ef...
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Turns out having nukes provided the US very little leverage
For decades, the United States treated the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon as an intolerable threat. Yet when Washington and Tehran went to war ...
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail