This Week In Geopolitics

This Week In Geopolitics — 29th March 2026 News From Around The World In The Past Week Asia - BYD and VinFast Race To Dominate Southeast Asia’s EV Market - China Condemns U.S “Vicious Cycle of Chaos” In Iran - China Eastern Unveils 101-Jet Airbus Deal - China’s LNG Imports To Hit 8-Year Low In March - Former Taiwanese Presidential Candidate Sentenced To 17 Years In Corruption Case - India Buys 60 Million Barrels of Russian Crude - Japan Considers Shorting Crude To Prop Up The Yen - Philippines Declares State of Emergency As Energy Crisis Looms - Trump Trip To China Set For May Europe - AfD Makes Gains In German State Elections - Denmark Election Fallout Sees Prime Minister Resign - EU Accuses Hungary of “Pro-Russian Espionage” - French Election Fallout - Hungary To Halt Gas Deliveries To Ukraine - New Russian Spring Offensive Against Ukraine - Putin Provides Thoughts On “Unpredictable” Iran War - Putin Tells Energy Giants To Use Iran War Windfall To Pay Off Bank Loans - Russia Halts Ammonium Nitrate Exports As Global Fertiliser Crisis Worsens - Russia Launches Largest One-Day Drone Blitz of Ukraine War - Russian Baltic Oil Port of Primorsk Resumes Loading After Ukraine Attack - UK Pushes Ahead With Temporary Ban On Political Crypto Donations - Volkswagen May Convert German Auto Plant Into Iran Dome War Factory - Western Intel Says Russia Sending Kamikaze Drones To Iran - Zelenskyy: Trump Pressuring Him To Give Up Donbas And End The War Middle East - 13 U.S. Bases Uninhabitable - AirGas Declares Force Majeure On Helium Shipments As Qatar Production Collapses - Amazon Data Centres Disrupted Across Bahrain After Drone Activity - Chicago Approves 19% Hotel Tax - Chinese Containership First To Pay Iran For Safe Passage of Hormuz - Iran Blocks Two Chinese Ships From Transiting Hormuz - Iran Formalises Hormuz Transit Fees - Iran Fortifying Kharg Island - Iran Issues 10 Million Rial Banknote Amid Inflation - Iran: No Talks With The United States Occurring - Iran Warns “Heavy Price” After Israel Hits Nuclear and Steel Plants - Israeli Military Chief Warns Army Is Nearing Internal Collapse - Israel Kills Iran Naval Chief - Israel Plans In Southern Lebanon - Israel Seeks To Disrupt Russia-Iran Trade In Caspian Sea - Knesset Death Penalty Bill For Palestinians Moves To Final Vote - Macquarie: Two More Months of War Could Send Oil To $200 - Polymarket Bets On Iran War Look Suspicious - QatarEnergy Declares Force Majeure For LNG Shipments Through May - Rubio: War Will Continue For 2–4 Weeks - Saudi Oil Exports From Yanbu Surge Towards 5 Million Target - Trump Extends Deadline For Hormuz Reopening To April 6th - Trump’s 15-Point Plan - Turkey Argues Against Gulf States Entering The War - Turkey Sold 58 Tons of Gold As Iran War Started - UAE Pushes For Hormuz Security Force - U.S. Deploys Ukrainian-Style Drone Boat In Iran War - U.S Signals “No Immediate Plans” For Ground Invasion - U.S. Targets Pro-Iran Paramilitaries In Iraq North America - $33B Gas-Fired Mega Project In Ohio Unveiled In Partnership With SoftBank - Air Canada Jet Collides With Fire Truck At LaGuardia - Chevron Warns California Facing Fuel Crisis As Diesel Hits $7 - Fire At Valero’s Port Arthur Refinery - Flooding Hits Hawaiian Islands - Goldman Hikes U.S. Recession Odds To 30% - Iran-Linked Hackers Access FBI Director Kash Patel’s Personal Email Account, DOJ Confirms - Judge Blocks Trump’s Restrictions Against Media Access In The Pentagon - Judge Blocks Trump’s Risk Label On Anthropic - Melania Walks With Humanoid Robot - More Than 460 TSA Agents Quit During Shutdown - Pentagon Suggests Seizing Iran-Controlled Islands - Pentagon Weighs Sending Another 10,000 Ground Troops To Middle East - Trump Puts Signature On U.S. Dollar Bills, Breaking Tradition For First Time Since 1861 - Trump Signs Memo Directing DHS To Pay TSA Agents - U.S. Offers Up To $3M Reward For Information On Finances Of Haitian Gangs Other - Circle Plunges Most Ever On Stablecoin Legislation - International Energy Agency Pushes Rationing - Meta To Lay Off Hundreds Of Staff Members - Microsoft Freezes Hiring In Cloud and Sales - Musk Targets Retail Investors For Up To 30% of SpaceX IPO Shares - NASA Head Adds Lunar Base and Nuclear-Powered Mars Rocket To Space Road Map - Tether Prepares For Full Audit - UN Adopts Slavery Resolution Calling For Reparations Thanks for reading! 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