#geopolitics

#geopolitics

The recent alliance of former enemies in Mali, particularly with the involvement of an al-Qaeda-linked group, signifies a troubling shift in the security landscape, as they now target military sites.

Chris Ong, Seatrium's CEO, sees the Iran conflict sharpening what specialists call the energy trilemma, or the trade-off between energy security, affordable supply, and environmental sustainability. "The situation is now even worse because of the destruction of supply, which is still not fully priced in," Ong says. "People don't understand; they have been swung between different stories every day."

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The uncomfortable truth is that Britain is not being ignored by accident. It is being bypassed because it no longer carries the weight it once did.

Waves of deadly Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon are threatening to derail the US-Iran truce, raising concerns about regional stability.

"The unfortunate part is that in order to be able to support an entire industrial base, you've got to have that whole supply chain node-matched in terms of capacity," Zach Detweiler, co-founder and CEO of Radify Metals, explained. He emphasized the importance of addressing the overlooked node that converts metal oxides into pure metals, which he refers to as the 'missing middle.'