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Shahab Jafry

‘Israel’s wet dream’
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‘Israel’s wet dream’

One of the many enduring paradoxes of American democracy is that a businessman-president—soon to return to his real...
Published 19 Jun, 2025 05:53am
Market’s red flag
Opinion

Market’s red flag

Notice Mr Market’s reaction to the sudden spike in geopolitical risk premium as war clouds gather over Iran once...
Updated 22 May, 2025 07:18am
Hostage to narrative
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Hostage to narrative

It’s interesting and instructive how modern communication technologies – twitter feed, real time video – just...
Published 08 May, 2025 06:54am
Smart money runs first
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Smart money runs first

Even by the turbulent standards of emerging markets, the past week was a master class in how quickly capital can...
Updated 27 Mar, 2025 05:50am
Textbook Trump uncertainty
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Textbook Trump uncertainty

Sounds crazy, but at first markets really thought Trump was bluffing about upending the global trade and tariff...
Updated 13 Mar, 2025 07:20am
Trump Trade in retreat?
Opinion

Trump Trade in retreat?

It’s still early days, of course, but it seems the so-called Trump Trade is already unraveling, and with it, many of...
Published 06 Mar, 2025 06:42am
Too late to buy gold?
Opinion

Too late to buy gold?

Gold’s relentless climb toward record highs is no mystery for Mr Market. In a world where financial markets are...
Published 27 Feb, 2025 06:44am
Power abhors vacuum
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Power abhors vacuum

Everybody expected Trump’s obsession with tariffs to rattle international financial markets, no doubt, yet few...
Published 13 Feb, 2025 07:07am
China does more with less
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China does more with less

The sudden rise of DeepSeek has been fascinating and instructive on so many levels. Just like that, it forced...
Published 30 Jan, 2025 06:47am
The complicated web we weave
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The complicated web we weave

A former Afghan journalist I once ran into in China – one who gave up a comfortable life in the Gulf to return to...
Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:22am
Cui bono?
Opinion

Cui bono?

It didn’t take long for headlines out of Syria to turn, did it? Locals that set fire to Hafez al Assad’s grave...
Published 19 Dec, 2024 06:30am