The Pacific Balance Under Strain: China, the United States and the Strategic Cost of the Iran War
As Washington commits ships, missiles and air-defence systems to the conflict with Iran, questions are growing across Asia about whether…
Europe’s Autumn of Discontent: Why the Streets Are Filling From Paris to Lisbon
Across Europe, demonstrations over housing, wages, education, pensions and political accountability are becoming larger, younger and, in some cities, more…
FNA Digest Analysis: 6 November 2026
The 6 November 2026 digest highlights Ghana's efforts to clarify its relationship with BRICS, persistent debates on African agency in…
FNA Digest Analysis: 5 November 2026
Geoeconomic pressure points from Washington to Moscow, deepening Russia-Africa ties, and ambiguous signals from BRICS on the de-dollarisation agenda reveal…
Democratic Midterm Sweep Reshapes Washington – and the World’s Flashpoints
A historic Democratic takeover of both chambers of Congress constrains a wounded president and puts the Iran war and the…
The Comeback of the Decade: How Lula Defied the Polls – and the Media – to Win Brazil Again
A guide to Brazil’s bewildering political system, and how an 80-year-old leftist overturned a first-round defeat that much of the…
The War of Exhaustion: Ukraine, Russia & the Elusive Endgame
How a Stalled Offensive, an Energy Siege and a Divided West Are Redefining the Endgame Nearly five years into Russia’s…
The Ceasefire That Kills: Gaza, the West Bank and the Genocide That Never Ended
How a nominal truce, escalating settler violence, and a collapsed peace process have normalized the daily death of Palestinian children…
FNA Digest Analysis: 4 November 2026
Major Russian strikes on Ukraine's infrastructure escalate the energy war, while surveillance, international legal disputes, and governance failures shape debates…
FNA Observatory: Annual Economic Review 2026
A year of shifting growth rates, persistent joblessness in key economies, and notable disinflation, as annual data illuminate nuanced outcomes…
