Israel has shattered the old playbook of Middle Eastern warfare. What began with the decimation of Iran's proxies has culminated in a direct assault on Iran itself. The global alignments now laid bare, and the irreversible shift in regional power dynamics.
As global debt spirals and central banks lose control, the old rules of finance are quietly collapsing. Treasuries no longer offer safety. America and Japan’s bond markets are flashing red. Supply Chains disrupted and Wars on the horizon.
Maldives President Ibrahim Solih is likely to make his first overseas trip in office to India on the first anniversary of his swearing-in on December 17. Deals on immediate economic assistance to tide over a potential Chinese debt crisis, Dornier aircraft being gifted are being worked out. On his first visit as current Foreign Minister, Abdulla Shahid tells SNI’s Associate Editor an estimated $ 3.2 billion in Chinese debt has to worked out, the Free Trade Agreement could be reviewed and India’s helicopters are not a backdoor entry for the military. He added, the Maldives will not get entangled in International tension in the Indian ocean, a Chinese port is out of the question and Male’ will choose New Delhi’s gift of a Dornier over a loan for the aircraft that Pakistan has offered.
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