Prime Economist Weekly Digest

• 28 Aug–4 Sep 2026Russia and Europe on the Brink of a Major War
• 21–28 Aug 2026CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s Secret Moscow Visit: Why Did He Fly on a C-17?
• 14–21 Aug 2026Russia Threatens British Targets Worldwide Over Long-Range Drones Supplied to Ukraine
• 7–14 Aug 2026US-Iran Dispute Over Strait of Hormuz Control Comes With a $600 Million Hit for Hapag-Lloyd
• 31 Jul–7 Aug 2026Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Create a New Mutual-Defence Bloc
• 24–31 Jul 2026Ceuta Border Crisis Turns European Asylum Law Into a Migration Route
• 17–24 Jul 2026 Oil Crosses $100 as the Detour Becomes Another Front
• 10–17 Jul 2026China’s Record Consumer Defaults Undermine Beijing’s Spending Drive
• 3–10 Jul 2026Andy Burnham Set to Replace Keir Starmer as UK Prime Minister — Britain Votes Again, Without Really Choosing
• 26 Jun–3 Jul 2026NATO Approves the Bill Before the Summit

• 19–26 Jun 2026Keir Starmer’s Resignation Deepens Britain’s Leadership Crisis
• 12–19 Jun 2026Trump’s Iran Peace Deal: A Historic Opening, or the Next War in Disguise?
• 5–12 Jun 2026SpaceX’s $75bn IPO Tests Wall Street’s Appetite for Elon Musk’s Tech Empire
• 29 May–5 Jun 2026AI Chipflation: How Nvidia, TSMC and Big Tech Turn Intelligence Into a Toll Road Economy
• 22–29 May 2026The Starobilsk Tragedy, Western Media Silence and the Darker Escalation of the Ukraine War
• 15–22 May 2026Putin and Lukashenko Flex Nuclear Muscle on Europe’s Doorstep
• 8–15 May 2026Trump-Xi Meeting in Beijing: Key Insights from the US-China Summit
• 1–8 May 2026Will Putin Strike Kyiv with Nuclear Weapons if Moscow’s Victory Day Parade Is Attacked?
• 24 Apr–1 May 2026EU–Mercosur Trade Deal: Europe Looks South to Escape US Tariffs and China Dependence
• 17–24 Apr 2026US-Iran War: Two Victories, No Clear Winner