by Aseem Gupta | Oct 12, 2025 | Environment, Resources & Physical Geography
When the Sea Disappeared From Moynaq The ships are still there. Their hulls rise from the sand outside Moynaq, rusted and hollow, as though an ocean had withdrawn overnight and forgotten to take them. Seashells lie scattered beneath their keels. Beyond them, the...
by Aseem Gupta | Sep 28, 2025 | Economics, Markets & Money
Britain contains two economic realities. One is visible in the glass towers of the City of London, the technology companies around King’s Cross, the luxury developments overlooking the Thames and the law firms, banks, consultancies and media companies that serve...
by Aseem Gupta | Sep 17, 2025 | Economics, Markets & Money
You wake up, check your phone, buy breakfast, pay rent, complain about prices, think about your salary, avoid your bank balance, wonder why houses cost so much, and hear someone on the news say the economy is “strong” even though everything feels expensive. That is...
by Aseem Gupta | Sep 7, 2025 | Political Theory, Governance & Ideology
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spent more than two decades proving that political survival is a form of power. He survived imprisonment, attempts to ban his party, mass protests, corruption allegations, a military coup attempt, repeated economic crises, a devastating...
by Aseem Gupta | Aug 9, 2025 | Economics, Markets & Money
In 2016, JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay more than $264 million to settle allegations surrounding a hiring programme in Asia that had operated between 2006 and 2013. The bank had created a separate pathway for candidates referred by powerful clients, executives and...