Born from the wreckage of the 2008 financial crisis, cryptocurrency once promised to replace the global monetary system. Instead, it has evolved into something narrower but arguably more influential

From missile strikes and cyber-attacks to disrupted shipping lanes and AI-powered warfare, today’s conflicts are reshaping the global insurance market – forcing insurers to adapt

Spooked by US adventurism, Russian aggression and Chinese protectionism, the EU is rushing to assert its financial sovereignty through a range of initiatives. Will they work?

As conflict in the Middle East sends shockwaves through global energy markets, governments are rushing to deploy strategic oil reserves to prevent economic turmoil

AI-driven productivity gains are widely expected to ease advanced economies’ fiscal strains through higher tax revenues. But shifts in income distribution, rising spending pressures, labour disruption, weak regulation and geopolitical risks suggest deficits may prove harder, not easier, to contain

The Iranian strikes on Gulf data centres have exposed a new geopolitical reality: the infrastructure underpinning AI, cloud computing and digital services is now a strategic target. For Europe, the attacks raise urgent questions about the resilience, security and sovereignty of its increasingly fragmented digital infrastructure

As the US doubles down on fossil fuels under Donald Trump, some economists warn that America risks falling victim to the same ‘resource curse’ that has long undermined resource-rich developing economies by distorting investment, politics and long-term economic growth

For more than a century, the US economy thrived on private enterprise and limited government interference. But Donald Trump’s latest interventions – from steel and chipmakers to media and research – suggest that America’s market model is being reshaped by politics, not productivity