Under The Radar: News Articles of the Week – 14th March 2023
General Geopolitics
· Saudi Arabia and Iran To Restore Ties In China-Brokered Deal
· Why Did China Help Saudi Arabia and Iran Resume Diplomatic Ties?
· Who Is India’s National Security Advisor and Why Did Putin Decide To Meet Him One-on-One?
· Monetary Consequences of the Ukraine War
· How the US and UK Plan To Get Nuclear-Powered Subs To Australia
· UK Pledges $6B In Defence Spending “Ramp Up” To Replenish Stocks, Support AUKUS Subs
· Orbán-Macron Dinner in Paris On Russia, Rule of Law
· Russia Denounces Georgia Protests As Coup Attempt
· North Korea Fires Two Missiles, Second Test in Three Days
· Iran and Belarus Sign Cooperation Roadmap In Lukashenko Visit
· Argentina to Renew Push For Sovereignty Over Falkland Islands
· Taiwan Says 19 Chinese Fighter Jets Entered Its Air Defence Zone
· Taiwan Security Scare After Missing Soldier Reappears In Mainland China
· China To Host Major Middle East Summit After Iran-Saudi Deal
· Israeli Official Blames American “Weakness” For China’s Iran-Saudi Deal
· Xi To Hold Talks With Zelensky After Meeting Putin
· NATO Secretary General Hosts Meeting of Senior Officials From Türkiye, Finland, and Sweden
· South Africa To Host BRICS Summit In Late August
· What’s Ahead For Belarus-Russia Integration
· Middle East Cautious Over Iran-Saudi Deal As Questions Remain Over Impact
Financial Markets
· Billionaire Warns of Dire Aftermath of SVB Collapse
· Over $250B Swindled From U.S. Pandemic Fund
· Why Did Silicon Valley Bank Fail and Is A Financial Crisis Next?
· Pfizer Strikes $43bn Deal For Cancer Drug Innovator Seagen
· Credit Suisse Finds “Material Weaknesses” In Financial Reporting Controls
· Something Broke, But The Fed Is Still Expected To Go Through With Hikes
· Nomura Calls For Rate Cut At Next FOMC Meeting, End of QT
· 2Y Yield Falls Most Since “Black Monday”
· China Battery Giant CATL’s $5bn Swiss Listing Delayed Amid Beijing Regulatory Concern
Food
· Kyiv Criticises Russian Proposal To Extend Grain Deal For 60 Days
· 10,000 Dutch Farmers Protest Government’s Crippling Nitrogen Emissions Target In The Hague
· Additional Brazilian Firms Cleared To Export Corn To China
Energy
· America’s Grid Has A Multi-Trillion Dollar Problem
· Australia’s Government Defends Natural Gas Developments
· Poland’s New Challenge To Germany On Energy Supply
· US Approves Contentious Oil Drilling Project in Alaska
· Saudi Aramco Reports Blowout Annual Profit On “Strong Crude Oil Prices”
· These Companies Want To Go Beyond Batteries To Store Energy
· Beijing Drops Australian Coal Ban
· Uganda Set To Become Africa’s Third Nuclear-Powered Country By 2031
· Germany To Build 25GW Of New Gas Power Plants
Technology
· Satellite Waste Is Becoming A Huge Problem
· The Traveller’s Guide to eSIMs
· Chinese Rocket That Delivered Military Spy Satellites Breaks Up Over Texas
Other
· Hunt To Raise Tax-Free Pension Allowance
· US Minerals Industries Are Booming
· Maersk Restarts Direct Bookings To Ukraine
· Bank of England Downgrades Net Zero and Cuts Climate Spending