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India’s Rich Are Turning Mobility into a New Asset Class

India’s wealthy are increasingly treating overseas residence as financial insurance, using global mobility to diversify family risk, expand opportunities and secure a practical Plan B without necessarily leaving India.

From Plan B to Plan C: The New Geography of Personal Security

Americans are looking beyond the traditional second passport as wealthy families increasingly build Plan B and Plan C strategies, diversifying residence, citizenship and jurisdictional risk across borders.

US prepares record visa revocation targeting asylum applicants

The Trump administration is preparing a potentially record visa revocation targeting foreign visitors who subsequently sought asylum, raising questions over immigration enforcement, legal status and the future of thousands of pending cases.

Italy faces renewed asylum pressure as Europe revives migrant transfers

Europe’s new migration pact faces an early test as northern states resume asylum transfers to Italy, reviving tensions over first-entry rules, solidarity and responsibility for migrant arrivals.

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From Plan B to Plan C: The New Geography of Personal Security

Americans are looking beyond the traditional second passport as wealthy families increasingly build Plan B and Plan C strategies, diversifying residence, citizenship and jurisdictional risk across borders.

Trend Setters

From St Barts to Courchevel, the world’s ultra-wealthy favour a small group of elite escapes where privacy, security, scarce property and seamless private access define the ultimate holiday.
A four-minute raid on Spain’s Treasure of Villena highlights a growing global threat to cultural heritage, where stolen artefacts represent not only financial loss, but an assault on national identity, collective wealth and soft power.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Irish castle purchase highlights a wider trend: global wealth is turning to Ireland’s great estates, drawn by privacy, scarcity, political stability, EU access and the country’s unusually insulated Atlantic geography.
China’s Tianjin 117, the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper, is edging towards completion after years of delay, offering a striking case study in how architectural ambition, prestige and political symbolism can run ahead of genuine property-market demand.
Premier Mark Brantley tells IMGW.news why Nevis is repositioning itself as a global safe haven, how Caribbean CBI could evolve beyond passport mobility, and why geothermal energy, deeper citizen engagement and economic diversification may define its next chapter.