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The EU’s new supply web

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow November 11, 2025

Global turbulence has stalled FDI for now, but the potential for future investment around the EU’s periphery — from the Western Balkans to Ukraine to north Africa — remains strong.

PANNIER: Booming breadbasket Kazakhstan now shipping grain to three continents

Bruce Pannier November 11, 2025

Drought-stricken countries such as Iran thankful Kazakhs are enjoying bumper crops. Improving cargo routes helping to push up shipments.

LONG READ: Trade is the glue that holds Global Emerging Markets Institutions together

Ben Aris in Berlin October 3, 2025

The world order is changing. The emerging markets are coming of age and they are setting up a raft of largely non-Western Global Emerging Markets Institutions (GEMIs) to coordinate their lives. Trade is the glue that binds them together.

LONG READ: The GEMIs, the Global Emerging Markets' interlocking institutions

Ben Aris in Berlin October 2, 2025

The international order is breaking up as the Global Emerging Markets build a raft of new non-Western interlocking international institutions to run their vision of a new multipolar world order.

Emerging market Tiger Cities power global growth prospects

bne IntelliNews September 26, 2025

Cities across the developing world are set to be among the fastest-growing urban economies in the next quarter century, according to Oxford Economics’ Global Cities Index 2025.

World GDP forecasts raised, but US slowdown anticipated - Fitch

bne IntelliNews September 12, 2025

Global growth is now forecast to be 2.4% in 2025, up 0.2pp since June but a sizeable slowdown from 2.9% last year and below trend.

BEYOND THE BOSPORUS: Acquisitive arm of Turkish regime takes over ammunition maker Assan

Akin Nazli in Belgrade August 30, 2025

Gulenism and espionage charges cited. TMSF now manages 858 companies.

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