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US and Iran are unlikely to bomb their way to peace

The United States has launched new airstrikes across Iran this week as President Donald Trump, losing patience over the protracted negotiations to end the war, has leaned into violence to ratchet up the pressure on the Iranian leadership. The US secretary of defence, Pete

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Charting a course to energy independence in Asia

On March 24, 2026, the Philippines declared a state of national energy emergency — the first country in the world to do so in response to the Middle East conflict and the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz. The declaration highlighted a structural exposure that many countries

Asia

Values capture

When culture pushes us to measure things that don’t matter to us, our values are captured. Once the metrics turn a profit for corporations and those in power, they are amplified, and almost overnight, begin to matter to us, even if they run contrary to what we originally set