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 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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
The Week That Shaped the World — 3–10 April 2026Hormuz, Lebanon and the Price of Temporary Calm — and Other Major Stories of the Week
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
The Week That Shaped the World — 20–27 March 2026Hormuz, Central Bank Paralysis, and the New Geography of Pressure — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThere are weeks when world affairs still pretend to be governed by diplomacy, and there are weeks when the mask slips.
The Week That Shaped the World — 13 - 20 March 2026Energy Coercion in the Middle East — and Other Major Stories of the WeekThere are weeks when the world changes through ideology, and there are weeks when it changes through infrastructure.