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How much can UK support for US tanker seizure restore transatlantic ties?

Politics TA | AP Insight - January 8, 2026.

The U.S. seizure of a Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic was seen by some as the unilateral action of an America-first government with...

Faster deals, fewer compromises – US withdraws from 66 international organisations

Politics Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - January 8, 2026.

The White House announced that President Donald Trump had signed an executive order withdrawing the United States' participation and funding from 66 international organisations and...

The Limits of Prediction Markets

Economy Erin Lockwood - January 8, 2026.

In early December, Time magazine named the “Architects of AI” its 2025 Person of the Year. The lead-up to this announcement has always generated considerable speculation,...

Slow economic recovery playing havoc with German politics

EU Ferry Biedermann - January 8, 2026.

Germany is this year expected to technically break a three-year streak of economic stagnation but only with a meagre average 1 per cent growth forecast....

Seizures of tankers as a new instrument of US sanctions

Politics Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - January 7, 2026.

On the night between 6 and 7 January, an operation was conducted in the North Atlantic which, while technical in execution, marked a shift in...

Pope Leo XIV convenes cardinals and signals reforms ahead

Globalization TA | AP Insight - January 7, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the world’s cardinals to Rome and indicating some reform-minded priorities by...

How the Stock Market Could Sink Trump in 2026

Economy Desmond Lachman - January 7, 2026.

In a recent campaign-style speech, US President Donald Trump asserted that “the only thing that’s really going up, big, it’s called the stock market, and...

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