TRUMP'S GAMBIT (2026)

Diego Garcia is a tiny dot in the middle of the Indian Ocean, but strategically it’s huge. The island hosts a key U.S.–U.K. military base that controls vital trade routes, and now it’s caught in the quiet power struggle between the U.S. and China. As Britain plans to hand sovereignty of the surrounding islands to Mauritius—where China has built strong influence—the worry is that this remote atoll could become another piece on the global chessboard. Sometimes the smallest places matter the most

Client: Newsweek. Creative direction: Andrew Turnbull. Art direction: Carrie Bremner