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Investors Need a Sense of Perspective on the State of the World
While investors would be forgiven, after reading much of the global press, for thinking that something has gone terribly wrong with the world, the centre has not held, and anarchy has been unleashed upon the earth, they would be wrong.
24.3.2026 |
The Editorial Board
London Ambulance Attack Raises Fresh Questions Around Cultural Assimilation in the UK
Police are treating the attack as an antisemitic hate crime, and counter-terror officers are leading the investigation.
24.3.2026 |
Foreign Desk
Washington's Energy Pivot Offers Africa a New Deal — But South Africa is Not Listening
The US Secretary of Energy has made his position clear: Africa needs more energy, not more climate change lectures.
23.3.2026 |
Reine Opperman
Oil Risk Recedes as Iran Says Hormuz is Open and Trump Says The End is in Sight
There is some good news for global energy prices after Iran signaled that Hormuz will open to Iran-friendly shipping and a message from Trump pointed to a US exit point from the war.
23.3.2026 |
Foreign Affairs Bureau
Gira a la Derecha! Latin America’s Rightward Turn
Greg Mills and Ray Hartley write on how Javier Milei has offered oxygen to Latin America’s right.
21.3.2026 |
Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
Policy Exchange Report Reveals Deep Divide in UK Attitudes on Iran Conflict
A new UK think tank report finds sharp divides between British Muslims and the wider public on Iran, foreign policy, and global power perceptions.
20.3.2026 |
Foreign Affairs Bureau
Iranian Head of Basji Militia as well as Head of Supreme National Security Council Latest Dominoes to Fall
The killing of two of the Islamic Republic’s most senior figures, Ali Larijani and Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani, marks another direct strike at both the leadership and internal security machinery of the Iranian state.
20.3.2026 |
Warwick Grey
Intelligence Assessment Exposes Bias in Media Reporting on Iran Threat
Western and local South African media reporting has been misleading in suggesting Iran posed no imminent threat to the US ahead of the launch of Operation Epic Fury in late February of this year.
19.3.2026 |
Foreign Desk
Kent’s Resignation Amid Iran War Raises Woke-Right Flags
A top US intelligence official quits over the Iran war, but his reasoning raises a flag about the dangers of the “woke right” in American politics.
19.3.2026 |
Foreign Desk
Rising Antisemitism Among UK University Students: New Poll Reveals Alarming Findings
Rising antisemitism against Jewish students in the UK was flagged in a poll.
18.3.2026 |
Polling Correspondent
