HONG KONG — Gold prices have continued to weaken despite escalating tensions in the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, breaking from the metal’s traditional role as a geopolitical hedge, as fading ...
I have warned that (1) Iran can become a proxy war dragging the USA in deeper and deeper using up its missile inventory. At the same time, this is distracting the Administration from Ukraine and Taiwan...The core of the problem was strategic overreach.
Geopolitics tends to be something that most people view as something that happens far away from them, tensions involving things like borders or disputes over natural resources taking place at the other end of the world.
Stage 2 loans continued to fall, reaching 9.1% (from 9.3% in Q3 2025), pointing to an improvement in asset quality ahead of any potential deterioration linked to geopolitical tensions and global supply chain disruptions (see Figure 4) ...Slide 1 ... Page.
We have done the same in the post-World War II era ... and the U.S ...Iran is the equivalent of a piratical Barbary state that is managing to undermine a defining element of American geopolitical strategy, despite the beating that it is taking otherwise ... ( .
). The stakes are higher this time around. It is true that a sudden reversal and US exit from the conflict can't be ruled out. President Trump has the personal audacity (or "chutzpah") to declare victory at any time, whatever the reality.
This sharp decline reflects a potent combination of escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and a significant credit rating action by Fitch on New Zealand’s economic outlook.
While geopolitical tensions provide support for gold prices, recent market behavior suggests they are insufficient, by themselves, to fuel a lasting upward trend ... “For now, macro forces, not geopolitics alone, are driving gold prices.” ....
Department of Geopolitical Studies ... In response to the changing global socio-political landscape, the Center established a new Department of Geopolitical Studies in April 2025 ... of Geopolitical Studies.
Recently, the global geopolitical landscape has been marked by severe turbulence ... Trump's Geopolitical Machinations ... It is no longer viewed as America's "geopolitical backyard," but is explicitly defined as the "Hegemonic Fortress" underpinning U.S.