Vikram Khanna
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- Sep 16, 2026
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From petrodollar to AI dollar: Can the greenback continue to rule? (opens the original)
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America’s dominance of artificial intelligence could generate a new cycle of global dollar demand, but the AI dollar is unlikely to become a true successor to the petrodollar. Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox The dollar could retain its pre-eminence by becoming the main currency in which AI is purchased, financed and traded. The foundations of dollar power are shifting. One of its pillars has been the petrodollar. The oil shocks of the 1970s generated enormous current-ac
Africa is bigger than you think. But does size matter? (opens the original)
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A new world map restores Africa to its true proportions. But geography is not destiny: the continent’s real challenge is to turn its enormous physical scale into economic scale. Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox The Equal Earth projection accurately reflects the relative sizes of countries and continents. After years of campaigning, African countries led by Togo and backed by the African Union won an unusual victory at the UN recently: the General Assembly overwhelmingly
The coming food price shock: How war, weather and fuel are colliding (opens the original)
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The cost of fertiliser is up 30 per cent, diesel margins have hit record highs, and El Nino hasn’t even peaked. Asia’s import-dependent economies are on the front line. Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox An Indonesian padi farmer in Aneuk Galong, Aceh province, cutting crops damaged by drought on Aug 30. The outlook is grim as the El Nino weather phenomenon is set to intensify in the months ahead and persist into early 2027. We have seen wars in Europe and the Middle East
America’s Iran D-Day has many fatal flaws (opens the original)
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Washington is trying to finish economically what it could not achieve militarily in Iran. But China, shadow finance and years of sanctions-proofing make that difficult. Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington will target the foreign banks, shipping networks, exchange houses, trading companies and governments that keep Iran connected to the global economy.. After almost six months of war, Operation Epic Fury has given way to Op
The geese stop flying: Why some Asian nations can’t take off (opens the original)
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Countries, once they became rich, let poorer ones replace some of their factories. China isn’t doing that. Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox A small garment factory in China. Despite rising wages, the country continues to have a large presence in the sector. In wholesale markets across Malaysia, traders selling joss sticks are being undercut by Chinese-made imports sold on the online platform Temu at roughly half their own wholesale cost – a finding first reported recentl
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