Global markets are reacting sharply as oil prices surge past $120, driven by escalating geopolitical tensions and supply disruptions. The ripple effects are now hitting inflation, trade flows, and economic stability across every major region.

Global markets are recalibrating as oil surges past $100 amid geopolitical escalation, while central banks, tech earnings, and trade data signal a tightening, uneven global economy.

Markets surged and oil prices dropped after a US Iran ceasefire, triggering economic ripple effects across Canada, US, Africa and global regions.

In an era defined by overlapping conflicts, energy chokepoint threats, cyber warfare, and nuclear rhetoric, measuring systemic risk requires structure—not speculation.

In Budapest’s 9th district, the stadium is more than sport — it is identity, belonging, and a lens into Hungary’s political logic.

Hungary’s fiercest political battle is not with Brussels — it is with its own capital, Budapest.

From the banks of the Danube, geopolitics feels less like policy and more like performance. A personal letter from Budapest as Hungary moves toward the 2026 election — pragmatic, polarised, and persistently independent.