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The Venezuelan oil rush is on. Now comes the hard part
In September, the drilling rig named Alula arrived in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo after traveling from China. This was significant because it was the first...
U.S. automakers caught in the middle of Trump-California EV feud
A legal conflict is developing between the Trump administration and California regarding auto-pollution rules, which could seriously impact electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers like Tesla...
The Chinese PLA’s response to the CIA’s recruitment campaign targeting Chinese military personnel
In February 2026, the CIA launched an unprecedented public recruitment campaign targeting officers in the “Chinese People's Liberation Army” (PLA), sparking widespread outrage and...
Are U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Diplomacy or a Countdown to War?
The second round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran concluded in Geneva on Tuesday with what Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi...
Offshore Exploration South of Crete: Greece Moves from Hesitation to Strategic Discipline
The recent activation of offshore exploration in the two deep-water areas south of Crete, as well as in the southern Ionian Sea, marks a...
What Thucydides Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry
Thucydides was acutely aware of the enduring relevance of his work. In the opening pages of his History of the Peloponnesian War, he writes that...
Financial Brief: A Weekly Roundup on the Geopolitics of Money | Feb 17
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
A week of cautious markets and sovereign stress. Asian equities traded tentatively as oil rose on U.S.-Iran talks, with markets pricing de-escalation before...
Demand Everything, Secure Enough: The Logic of Trump’s Foreign Policy
The second term of President Donald Trump has marked a transition from improvisational disruption to a more systematic and self-consciously structured foreign policy doctrine....
The Art of Not Choosing: Africa’s Multipolar Strategy
Authors: Ravi Raj and Akshan Ranjan*
The current geopolitical positioning of the African continent is not in compliance with the traditional dichotomies of what we...
Why the Abraham Accords failed to bring peace to the Middle East – China’s perspective
China believes that the Israeli Abraham Accords for peace in the Middle East and Africa, despite achieving diplomatic rapprochement between Israel and some Arab...