The Week That Shaped the World — 18–25 September 2026Allies, Markets, Machines and Money — This Week the World Started Redefining AccessFor thirty years, globalisation was sold as a world of access.
The Week That Shaped the World — 11–18 September 2026Borders, Blocs, Money and Machines — This Week Power Started Drawing New LinesSome weeks are about events.This one is about architecture.
The Week That Shaped the World — 5–11 September 2026Votes, Death, War and Debt — This Week Politics Started Naming the PriceSome weeks are held together by events.This one is held together by invoices.
The Week That Shaped the World — 28 August–4 September 2026Russia and Europe Edge Closer to War — While Politics, AI and Markets Keep Rewriting the RulesSome weeks are defined by one event.This one was defined by the disappearance of boundaries.
The Week That Shaped the World — 21–28 August 2026CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s Moscow Visit, Harry and Meghan Return, Nepal Floods — The Week’s Biggest NewsPower prefers to describe itself in abstractions.
The Week That Shaped the World — 14–21 August 2026This was the week when escalation started sending invoices.Britain pushed deeper into Ukraine’s long-range war as British-made drones struck targets inside Russia, prompting Moscow to warn that London may eventually pay
The Week That Shaped the World — 7–14 August 2026The world spent this week arguing about control.Washington and Tehran both claimed authority over the Strait of Hormuz while the economic price of the confrontation became harder to ignor
The Week That Shaped the World — 31 July–7 August 2026A New Defence Bloc Emerges.
The Week That Shaped the World — 24–31 July 2026Europe’s Border Moved to Africa.
The Week That Shaped the World — 17–24 July 2026Oil Reaches $100 as the World Runs Out of Safe RoutesThe Tankers Found a Detour.
The Week That Shaped the World — 10–17 July 2026China’s Record Consumer Defaults Undermine Beijing’s Spending Drive
The Week That Shaped the World — 3–10 July 2026Andy Burnham Set to Replace Keir Starmer as UK Prime Minister — Britain Votes Again, Without Really Choosing, and Other Major Stories of the WeekBritain is preparing to receive another prime minister, which is now less a co