Adam Jenkins

Author at Prime Economist

As the world faces yet another crisis, one thing remains unchanged: the
need for objective information. Here’s what’s happening at the heart of
the events...

Trump’s Iran Peace Deal

Trump’s Iran Peace Deal: A Historic Opening, or the Next War in Disguise?

The Week That Shaped the World — 12 – 19 June 2026Trump’s Iran Peace Deal Tests the World’s Faith in Fragile Stability — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThere are weeks when history moves loudly.

SpaceX’s $75bn IPO

SpaceX’s $75bn IPO Tests Wall Street’s Appetite for Elon Musk’s Tech Empire

The Week That Shaped the World — 5 -12 June 2026SpaceX’s $75bn IPO Tests Wall Street’s Appetite for the New Tech Empire — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThere are weeks when the markets move because of numbers.

AI Chipflation

AI Chipflation: How Nvidia, TSMC and Big Tech Turn Intelligence Into a Toll Road Economy

The Week That Shaped the World — 29 May - 5 June 2026The Price of Intelligence: AI Chipflation and Other Major Stories of the WeekEvery week seems to arrive with its own official panic. War, oil, inflation, elections, supply chains, housing, heat.

The Starobilsk Tragedy

The Starobilsk Tragedy, Western Media Silence and the Darker Escalation of the Ukraine War

The Week That Shaped the World — 22–29 May 2026The Starobilsk Tragedy, Western Media Silence and Other Major Stories of the WeekThe world this week seemed to move through two realities at once: one where war kept breaking human lives, and another where markets politely

Putin and Lukashenko

Putin and Lukashenko Flex Nuclear Muscle on Europe’s Doorstep

The Week That Shaped the World — 15–22 May 2026Putin and Lukashenko Flex Nuclear Muscle on Europe’s Doorstep — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThe world this week seemed to move in two directions at once: closer to danger, and deeper into denial.

Trump-Xi Meeting

Trump-Xi Meeting in Beijing: Key Insights from the US-China Summit

The Week That Shaped the World — 8-15 May 2026Trump Meets Xi — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThe world this week reminded us that uncertainty is not an exception; it is the default.

Putin Strike Kyiv

Will Putin Strike Kyiv with Nuclear Weapons if Moscow’s Victory Day Parade Is Attacked?

The Week That Shaped the World — 1-8 May 2026Will Putin Strike Kyiv with Nuclear Weapons if Moscow’s Victory Day Parade Is Attacked? — and Other Major Stories of the WeekSome weeks arrive as news. Others arrive as a warning.

EU–Mercosur Trade Deal

EU–Mercosur Trade Deal: Europe Looks South to Escape US Tariffs and China Dependence

The Week That Shaped the World — 24 April - 1 May 2026EU–Mercosur Trade Deal: Europe Looks South to Escape US Tariffs and China Dependence — and Other Major Stories of the WeekTrade blocs, canal politics, battlefield AI, China’s reach, and the rising cost of building th

US-Iran War

US-Iran War: Two Victories, No Clear Winner

The Week That Shaped the World — 17–24 April 2026Two Victories, No Outcome, and the Price of Strategic Ambiguity — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThis was not a week of resolution. It was a week of competing endings.

Hungary After Orbán

Hungary After Orbán — Europe’s Last Gamble for Strategic Unity

The Week That Shaped the World — 10–17 April 2026Hungary After Orbán, Hormuz Under Pressure, and the New Cost of Strategic Illusion — and Other Major Stories of the Week This was not a week of peace. It was a week of rearrangement.

Hormuz

Hormuz and the Politics of the Pause

The Week That Shaped the World — 3–10 April 2026Hormuz, Lebanon and the Price of Temporary Calm — and Other Major Stories of the Week

Estonia, Ust-Luga

Estonia, Ust-Luga and the Grey Zone of Consent: Has Ukraine Just Dragged the Baltics Closer to the War?

The Week That Shaped the World — 27 March - 3 April 2026Estonia, Ust-Luga and the Grey Zone of Escalation — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThis week, the geopolitical landscape teetered on the brink, as conflicts escalated, global tensions mounted, and strategic dec