All articles by Alex Blair

Alex Blair is a UK-based reporter for GlobalData Media. He writes on topics including conflict, geopolitics, defence and sport.

‘Guns for gold’: who is complicit in Sudan’s brutal war?

After nearly 18 months of displacement, starvation and genocidal violence, minimal attention has been paid to the bloody conflict still…
North American supply chains creak as 80% of Canada’s railways shut down

Canada’s two largest rail freight providers have locked out 9,300 workers after talks with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union…
Modi’s first post-invasion trip to Ukraine – what’s on the agenda?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on Friday (23 August) for the first time since Russia’s invasion of…
Who will fund Gaza’s reconstruction?

Ten months on and Israel’s aerial bombardment of Gaza shows no signs of abating – nor do ceasefire talks show…
Paris 2024’s ‘long-lasting legacy’ a new model of Olympic hosting – IOC

As the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris enters its final weekend, the event has largely withstood scrutiny over environmental impact,…

Former Trump ambassador warns Venezuela’s Maduro may arrest opposition

More than a week has passed since President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory in Venezuela’s elections despite overwhelming evidence that former ambassador…
Beijing will respond ‘tit-for-tat’ to new US-China trade war – TS Lombard

Beijing will “react tit-for-tat but passively” to the latest reignition of the US-China trade war as Washington appears set to…
Ukraine gets first $1.6bn from frozen Russian assets

Ukraine has received the first payment of €1.5bn ($1.6bn) taken from frozen Russian assets, the EU has announced today (26…
Trump-Vance: international fallout over potential US isolationism explained

The MAGA movement just got its heir – and the Republican campaign an energetic, morally flexible populist set to amplify…
Has China overplayed its hand in Latin America’s Silk Road?

For more than 1,500 years, China’s Silk Road connected trade routes through Europe and East Asia, extending across 6,437km (4,000…