Global Brief: Sep 14 – Sep 20
Congress made the Russia and Iran sanctions campaign permanent, the IAEA lost track of Iran's uranium, and oil demand fell for the first time since COVID.
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Global Brief: Sep 07 – Sep 13
The US says it is sinking Iranian tankers and holding Maduro in custody. The nuclear watchdog says it has not seen Iran's uranium in more than a year.
Global Brief: Aug 31 – Sep 6
Washington took a 35% stake in the company now running 17 Venezuelan oil fields. Three other governments made similar moves. The pattern, explained.
Global Brief: Aug 24 – Aug 30
Treasury opened sanctions on five sectors of Iran's economy at once. Hours earlier, Syria came off the terrorism list. One office made both decisions.
Global Brief: Aug 17 – Aug 23
Washington sanctioned a court, a government and a drug fleet in three days. Ukraine's occupied nuclear plant ran out of power lines. See what connects them.
Global Brief: Aug 10 – Aug 16
Washington taxed drones and rebuilt its shipyards by decree, Europe moved to board Russian tankers, and Beijing passed 1,242 articles of environmental law.
Global Brief: Aug 3 – Aug 9
Washington bought into mines, froze Iranian crypto rails and narrowed birthright citizenship. The thread connecting three very different moves in one week.
Global Brief: Jul 27 – Aug 2
A ceasefire signed in June collapsed, Ukraine struck a nuclear plant and an oil terminal, and Washington declared scrap metal essential to national defense.
Global Brief: Jul 20 - Jul 26
Trump threatened Iran's power plants. Brussels paused its own climate penalties over the same shortage. The connection, and what to watch next week.
Global Brief: Jul 13 – Jul 19
The US widened Iran oil sanctions, expanded terror designations, and reopened monument land to mining. China built an AI body instead. Two theories of power.
Global Brief: Jul 6 – Jul 12
NATO turned defense pledges into contracts, Washington rewarded Syria while squeezing Iran, and Brussels moved to fine Meta. Power is shifting to money.
Global Brief: Jun 29 – Jul 5
Israel and Lebanon signed a peace framework in Washington as oil fell nearly forty dollars a barrel since spring. Why the week's calm rests on a fragile base.