Browsing: Michael Froman

Discover how the new U.S.-China strategic stability framework secures massive trade deals while facing deep geopolitical tests over Taiwan security.

President Trump heads to the U.S.-China Summit in Beijing. Explore the “Board of Trade” and managed trade outcomes expected from this U.S.-China Summit.

Trump blinked. Iran keeps 60% of missiles and a toll-charging strait. Nuclear ambitions remain. Gulf states fracture.

Ceasefire does not equal stability. Hormuz may never fully reopen, reshaping global inflation and growth risks.

Tactical success against Iran’s navy contrasts with a strategic wake-up call regarding the vulnerability of global energy chokepoints and interdependence.

“The U.S. may not need the oil, but the ‘broken’ Strait of Hormuz is now imperiling the global AI boom and semiconductor supply chains.”

Iran’s Hormuz closure removes 20M b/d—five times 1970s embargo. IEA releases 400M barrels, but limited.

The Houthis have become the most formidable challenger to U.S. maritime dominance since WWII, disrupting global trade through the Red Sea.

Sudan’s civil war, one of the worst humanitarian crises, remains neglected as external backers fuel the conflict with impunity.

MBS’s visit deepened U.S.-Saudi strategic ties, but normalization with Israel stalled and questions remain over arms sales and investment pledges.