Opinion and Analysis Articles

Natural Diamonds Face Their Toughest Test Yet as Global Downturn Reaches Zimbabwe

Johnson Progress The crisis at Murowa Diamonds is no longer just a Zimbabwean problem. It is the local face of a global collapse that is forcing the world’s biggest diamond producers to shut mines, cut jobs and question a business model that has defined the luxury...

The BeiDou Breakthrough: Why GPS Lost its Monopoly on Iranian Airpower

The recent Iranian decision to permanently switch off GPS in favor of China’s BeiDou-3 (BDS-3) is not a simple vendor change. It is a strategic realignment that ends a three-decade American monopoly on precision navigation. As someone who tracks global navigation...

The Self-Inflicted Wound: How U.S. Strategy Is Accelerating the De-Dollarization It Fears

For half a century, the petrodollar system was the quiet engine of American hegemony. But in 2026, that engine is sputtering—not because of Beijing or Moscow alone, but because Washington itself threw a wrench into the gears. On February 28th, Donald Trump authorized...

The Persian Gulf War of 2026: A Tectonic Shift in Global Energy Economics and the Imperative for Zimbabwe’s EV Transition

The outbreak of the Persian Gulf War on 28 February 2026 has fundamentally ruptured the global energy equilibrium. With the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sealing the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi forces—acting as Iranian proxies—poised to close the Bab...