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Canada – Carney’s Plan

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Canada’s trade talks collapse with the US should not be viewed simply as another tariff dispute between neighbours. The timing, as with everythinapse with the g in today's world, matters. Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended negotiations on 21 August, little more than ten weeks before the 3 November mid-term elections in the US. Washington says

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The war before the mid-terms: red flags for America’s political future

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The US is moving toward the mid-term elections under conditions that no longer look like normal democratic competition. Abroad, the Ukraine war is being pushed into a new phase, Iran is an on-again-off-again switch remaining a live trigger point, China is testing missiles while using minerals and diplomacy to test the Indo-Pacific order, and energy

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Canada’s strategic crossroads: navigating between Washington and Beijing

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The environment that supported Canadian foreign policy since the end of the Cold War is fragmenting, with power politics returning to the centre of international relations and economic policy increasingly tied to strategic competition. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) reflected this assessment, arguing that the global governance framework is

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Europe’s push for rare earth magnet production: can it wean off China?

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Europe’s debut into large-scale rare-earth magnet manufacturing via the newly opened plant in Narva, Estonia, is a bold signal. Backed by EU funds and Canadian Export Credit Agency loans, this facility represents a strategic effort to break China’s long-standing stranglehold on critical magnet supply chains. But as promising as that may seem, the road to

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Scandium Stockpiling: the new minerals arms race

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Scandium has quietly shifted from an obscure industrial input to a geopolitical bargaining tool. In mid-2025, Beijing brought it under its export licensing system, meaning buyers now wait longer and face tougher approvals. The EU reacted in July with a formal resolution criticising the move, underlining how even minor minerals are being pulled into bigger

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