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At first glance, Egypt’s announcement sounds technical. Africa’s first specialised gold bank. Refining. Vaulting. Trade finance. Another MoU, another promise. But look closer and it’s something else entirely. This is about who controls value, who controls reserves and who controls the pipes when geopolitics turns hostile. Let’s get one thing straight upfront.… Read the rest

In recent weeks the US has struck alleged narcotics smuggling boats and kidnapped a foreign head of state. One excuse given for these attacks was that Venezuela was responsible for some of the flow of narcotics into the USA. Here we dismantle this facile argument because, for all this force projection, Washington still refuses to…

Somalia now sits at the intersection of three strategic systems: the Nile basin, the Red Sea corridor and the Middle East security competition. That alone should make it one of the most geopolitically sensitive territories in Africa. It rarely gets treated that way. The Red Sea carries a large share of global trade.… Read the…

Institutions have not collapsed. They have been outmanoeuvred. What we are watching now is not the failure of the post-war order, but its quiet circumvention. Power no longer needs to break institutions to get what it wants. It can move through them, around them and, when necessary, in spite of them – without pulling the…

What we are witnessing now is not a new world order. It is an old one returning – not fully restored, but no longer restrained. The language may be modern and the tools more sophisticated, but the logic is unmistakably familiar. Powerful states are asserting their entitlement over space. Borders are treated as negotiable.… Read…

Venezuela is not the story – permission is. When the United States moves to impose control over Venezuela, openly citing narcotics, or oil, or proximity, or presidential dislike, it is not simply intervening in Latin America. It is signaling that power, not restraint, now defines the outer boundary of acceptable behaviour.… Read the rest

2026 will not be defined by a single shock or turning point. Instead it will be by the cumulative impact of policy uncertainty, geopolitical friction and capital repositioning. The old anchors are weakening and markets will be forced to discriminate more aggressively. These are the five calls that will matter most.… Read the rest

Since WW2 the global trade and financial system has primarily favoured the USA. Akin to all empires of old, the US had, and still has, a crucial role in ensuring the system’s stability, delivering continued US prosperity and hegemonic power. President Trump, and his acolytes, do not grasp the above, and through their foreign policy…