Tag: iran
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2026 at Midpoint: Turning Point, or Collision Course?
The first six months of 2026 have not been a slow build. They have been a rupture. The defining event of H1 2026 is the Iran war. The conflict that began on 28 February has triggered a chain of consequences with reverberating effects across the region and the globe. Three months on, there is no…
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The Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing: A Choreographed Détente
The most consequential bilateral meeting of the year has concluded. Just as we noted in our May newsletter, there were no major announcements, no substantive agreements, no structural breakthroughs. As the dust settles from President Trump’s 48-hour whirlwind Beijing tour that was wrapped in diplomatic pomp and pageantry, three of our Aurora Insights analysts break…
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Aurora Insights featured in the South China Morning Post
📣 Aurora Insights in the News 📣 The South China Morning Post spoke to our operations director Carlos Pacheco on what the disrupted energy markets resulting from the Iran conflict means for ASEAN’s long-stalled power grid ambitions. His quotes: “The Iran conflict is the tipping point, where the conversation has been transformed from operational energy…
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Aurora Insights cited in ABC News
📣 Aurora Insights in the News 📣 Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News spoke to our Operations Director Carlos Pacheco on what the Iran conflict means for the region’s tech and energy sectors. On the development of the Iran conflict: “How do you navigate through a hurricane when you don’t know how big it is or…
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Southeast Asia is in the Crossfire of a War It Didn’t Start. Here’s What Companies Must Do Now.
The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have sent oil to near $120 a barrel early this week, paralysed Gulf air freight, and exposed the region’s dangerous dependency on a single chokepoint. Waiting for clarity is not a strategy. 14 days ago, the Middle East changed irrevocably. On February 28, U.S. and Israeli forces launched nearly 900 strikes…
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