Journalism

For more than two decades, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) lingered in the margins of Western coverage—a Eurasian acronym that sounded bureaucratic, not dramatic. But in September 2025, as leaders gathered in Tianjin to mark the group's 25th anniversary

Some economists pass their careers in front of computer screens scrutinising spreadsheets, complaining about interest rates, and disappearing gracefully into the beige landscape of wonkish foreign policy.Peter Navarro, a professor emeritus of economics and public policy

“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” —W.B. Yeats

A quiet yet profound transformation is underway in Africa. While U.S. headlines remain preoccupied with Ukraine, Taiwan, and election cycles, a geopolitical reordering is playing out on a continent long viewed by Washington as peripheral — if it was seen at all.