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US-Iran conflict threatens nuclear chain reaction

January 30, 2026, 03:46 PM - 8 min read

Iran is a “threshold state”—a country with the technical capacity to produce nuclear weapons but that has not crossed the final line of production. A destabilised threshold state poses three risks: loss of centralised command over nuclear material and scientists, incentives for factions to monetise or export expertise, and acceleration logic—actors racing to secure deterrence before collapse.

The warning is the latest salvo in US administration’s trade war with its long-standing ally, Canada, expanding a feud that saw Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speak up against US-fuelled trade wars at the World Economic Forum last week

Trump warns of 50 per cent tariff on Canada-made aircraft

January 30, 2026, 08:11 AM - 3 min read

This threat was preceded by Trump’s warning over the weekend to impose a 100 per cent tariff on goods imported from Canada if it went forward with a planned trade deal with China

India-EU mega-deal signals global power-shift

January 29, 2026, 02:40 PM - 7 min read

The EU-India trade deal should be understood not as a purely commercial breakthrough, but also as a strategic signal—aimed primarily at the US.

Last year, Trump asked Canada to be the 51st state of the United States, which Carney rejected. The US President has since termed Canada’s stance as a betrayal of shared North American security interests

China will eat Canada up: Trump

January 25, 2026, 10:56 AM - 3 min read

Lambasting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for refusing to agree to the proposed Golden Dome missile defence system cover, Trump said Carney has missed the chance to be “protected

Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over deal with China

January 24, 2026, 08:34 PM - 2 min read

US President Donald Trump has threatened Canada with 100 per cent tariffs if it proceeds with a trade deal with China. The agreement, which reduces tariffs on canola and Chinese EVs, has sparked tensions amid prior disputes over Huawei-related arrests and retaliatory detentions.

Trump’s Greenland gambit now on shaky ground

January 22, 2026, 03:05 PM - 8 min read

Trump’s military threats had toxic polling numbers with the American public. His Republican allies openly threatened to revolt. European countries are sending reinforcements to Greenland, hiking the costs of any potential invasion. And Europeans started to contemplate what economic retaliation might look like.