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Shipping Containers: New Threat Multiplier
Option for new regional and global missile campaigns
Southeast Asia’s Race For Data Farms Stresses Resources
Strains hit both electricity grids and water supplies for cooling
 • John Berthelsen
Trump Administration’s Global Trade War Fizzles
China wins out even as exports to US fall steadily
 • Philip Bowring
Li Ka-shing’s Firm Slugs it out With Panama Over Canal Ports
Legal dispute part of tussle between US and China over Latin American ports
Indonesia’s Prabowo Warns Pet Investment Fund
President blows hot on his sovereign fund Danantara
 • Our Correspondent
Assessing North Korea’s New Economic Five-Year Plan
From energy to innovation, Kim Jong Un’s growth strategy is up against structural limits.
Spending Tomorrow’s Resources
OECD sounds alarm about refinancing global government debt
 • Philip Bowring
Stablecoins Becoming Currency of Choice for Crime, FATF Warns
State-linked cybercriminal groups finding them increasingly useful
 • Our Correspondent
Japan's Revised Whole-Of-Society Economic Agenda
New security policy seeks stability for critical materials, essential infrastructure
‘Zombie’ Tankers in the Singapore Strait
A thin ribbon of international water protects them from seizure
India’s Cheap Russian Oil Era Narrows
Russian crude in India’s imports mix slips to new level

February 2026

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