Global Scans · Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

• [New] Price pressures could turn out stronger than anticipated even as a US-Iran peace deal reopens the Strait of Hormuz. financialpost
• [New] With the US and Iran now in peace talks, Tehran is insisting it will jointly manage traffic with Oman. Insurance Journal
• [New] While geopolitical uncertainties have partially eased following an interim peace deal signed by the US and Iran, global financial markets have remained focused on the prospects of higher policy rates in the US amid elevated inflation risks. ST
• [New] Europe is becoming a major threat to international peace and security by providing military support to Ukraine, and claimed that the US was no longer trying to be an objective mediator to broker an end to Russia's war against Ukraine. Euronews
• [New] Mexico will make concessions ahead of the treaty review, like allowing drone flights over Mexican territory, stepping up drug interdiction and bypassing the extradition process to hand over drug cartel bosses to the Department of Justice. America Magazine
• [New] Iran and the United States are about to sign a peace deal that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries about one-fifth of the world's oil. Insurance Journal
• [New] The biggest driver remains uncertainty over how quickly exports through Hormuz can recover and whether the tentative peace framework between the U.S. and Iran will hold. IC Your Trading Edge | Official Blog | Blog
• [New] International institutions must advance concrete national (as well as international) purposes, and the United States is justified in expecting reforms, accountability, and burden-sharing, particularly from organizations it disproportionately funds. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [New] Gold rallied sharply after reports of a U.S.-Iran peace framework reduced fears of prolonged energy disruption, weakening the U.S. dollar and improving sentiment toward non-yielding assets like bullion. IC Your Trading Edge | Official Blog | Blog
• [New] Moves follow a risk-on sentiment amid expectations that the Middle East conflict could end soon, as the U.S. and Iran have reached a peace deal. CNBC
• [New] Although legacy global institutions will remain important sites for communication and norm preservation, they must be embedded in a wider ecology of global governors for future relevance and success. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [New] The United States, like China, has begun to create new institutions that it dominates, such as the Board of Peace, that will compete with existing global organizations. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [New] A four-party dialog involving the two Koreas, the United States, and the PRC could initiate peace on the Korean Peninsula during the Ulaanbaatar Dialog on Northeast Asian Security. American Enterprise Institute - AEI
• [New] A dominant presence will allow China to impose commercial and ethical standards and create institutions relevant to AI. Hudson Institute
• [New] Recent U.S. intelligence reports have raised concerns about Israeli spy agencies eavesdropping on American negotiators working on a peace deal with Iran, amid rising concern over a more general counterintelligence threat by Israel. Go Local Prov
• [New] Speculation around a peace deal between the US and Iran is continuing to leave markets struggling for direction as hopes of an official agreement face roadblocks. City AM
• [New] Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed at least 32 people, threatening to derail talks between the United States and Iran aimed at cementing a fragile peace deal. Al Jazeera
• [New] Iranian negotiators needed - to see signs of implementation of the interim agreement from the US before the next rounds of peace talks could begin, and that there was no confirmation that Tehran's delegation would travel to Geneva. The Guardian
• [New] Iran has said it is closing the strait of Hormuz after waves of Israeli strikes in Lebanon in a move that threatens to derail the fragile interim peace deal with the US, signed just days ago. The Guardian
• [New] The Strait of Hormuz will reopen after the signing of the peace deal on Friday in Switzerland, which will trigger the start of 60 days of talks on Iran's nuclear program. Barchart.com
• [New] A prospective US-Iran peace deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz has eased fears of an energy-driven inflation shock and rate hikes. LiquidityFinder
• [New] Fading hopes for a Middle East peace deal and reopening the Strait of Hormuz stirred fears that energy prices could lead to wider systemic inflation. ST

Last updated: 29 June 2026