Geopolitics

The geopolitics of air-conditioning

A man with his face covered to beat the heat riding past air coolers displayed outside a shop on a hot summer day in Varanasi, India.

US lawmakers lobby to hold European security meeting in South Carolina, not Serbia

FILE PHOTO: An Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) sign is pictured as Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Elina Valtonen presents a programme for OSCE 2025 Chairpersonship in Vienna, Austria, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner/File Photo

Singapore’s GIC posts lower returns as wars, tariffs turn global markets volatile

For the 20-year period that ended on March 31, the annualised US-dollar nominal return of GIC’s portfolio was 5.6 per cent.

News analysis

Tehran and Washington face a ‘wake-up moment’ over the war

Iranians walk through a street in Tehran on June 18. The United States and Iran have signed a deal to end the Middle East war, with a ceremony set for June 19 in Switzerland that will mark the start of a 60-day negotiation period.

More ships to call at S’pore? How the Iran war, tariffs are reshaping global sea trade

Strait of Hormuz a ‘red line’, warns Iran, vowing to resist to the end

A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 16.

News analysis

US war against Iran has entered a new phase

A critical question for the next phase is whether US President Donald Trump will consider an operation to take Kharg Island.

US reports ‘wave of strikes’ on Iran, Washington reimposes naval blockade in return to war

A photo released by Iran shows a missile being launched from an undisclosed location towards US targets in Bahrain and Kuwait.

The world’s superpowers are scrambling for an edge. It makes all of us less safe

Addressing economic issues could be the starting point to repairing the more recent geopolitical cracks, says the writer.

Trump says US will be ‘paid’ for taking over, guarding Strait of Hormuz

Iranians walk past a billboard with an image of Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran.

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