From Epic Fury to Project Freedom: Who Pays the Bill for a Blocked Strait?
MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026
The military names sound distant. The economic cost does not. It is appearing in fuel prices, factory margins, food costs, airline collapses, public subsidies and government borrowing
Spain Defies Washington: Madrid Blocks Use of Military Bases for Strikes on Iran
TUESDAY, MARCH 03, 2026
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez brands US-led strikes "dangerous and unjustified" as American aircraft are forced to relocate from Spanish soil to Germany
Iran Declares Right to Self-Defence Following ‘Joint US-Israeli Aggression’
MONDAY, MARCH 02, 2026
The Iranian Embassy in Bangkok denounces a joint US-Israeli strike on a girls’ school and the assassination of the Supreme Leader as a ‘betrayal of diplomacy’
Supachai Panitchpakdi warns of global fracture, US pushing allies to China
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2026
Supachai Panitchpakdi warns the world is drifting from a rules-based order, with US policies driving allies toward China. A shift in global power dynamics is underway.
NATO in Crisis as Trump Refuses to Rule Out Force to Seize Strategic Arctic Territory
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2026
President Trump dismisses Danish sovereignty and warns of military action to "own" Greenland, citing security fears over Russian and Chinese Arctic expansion
European Powers Unite to Defend Greenland as Trump Weighs ‘Military Option’
THURSDAY, JANUARY 08, 2026
European powers and Canada rally behind Copenhagen as the White House cites the Venezuela operation as a precedent for potential military action in the Arctic
Global Economy Braced for Slowdown as US-China Trade Friction Cools Growth
SATURDAY, JANUARY 03, 2026
Thailand's NESDC forecasts a slowdown in the world's two largest economies, citing rising import costs, labour shortages, and a downturn in electronics