More: Geopolitics
Trump’s Venezuela Raid Tests Markets on Geopolitical Risk
The audacious U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has plunged Latin America into uncertainty and thrust geopolitical risk back into investors’ minds. Despite...
Decoding Trump’s Imperialism Playbook on Venezuela
The formula has always stayed the same. First, the Pentagon accuses a resource-rich country, most often one sitting on vast oil reserves, of posing...
Financial Brief: A weekly roundup on the geopolitics of money | Dec 30
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
The final trading days of 2025 were dominated by the collision of political risk and monetary policy. An unprecedented White House threat to...
AFCON 2025: Sports Geostrategy as Morocco’s Strategic Signature
The organization of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations by the Kingdom of Morocco cannot be read as a mere event-driven sequence within the...
Financial Brief: A weekly roundup on the geopolitics of money | Dec 24
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS: The final week of 2025 delivered a stark message: the era of easy money is over. In a synchronized pivot, the world’s...
Financial Brief: A weekly intelligence roundup on the geopolitics of money | Dec 16
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS: This week underscores a pivotal global shift: major central banks are signaling the end of the rate-cutting cycle, tightening financial conditions as...
Black Sea Strike: Russian Drones Hit Turkish-Owned Vessels in Ukraine
NEWS BRIEF
Russia escalated its maritime campaign by launching coordinated drone and missile strikes on two key Ukrainian ports, Chornomorsk and Odesa, damaging three Turkish-owned...
Why South Korea’s Nuclear–Powered Submarines Plan Sets a Dangerous Precedent
In a landmark decision, the US has approved South Korea’s plan to build nuclear–powered submarines (SSNs). The decision was announced following a meeting between...
The War of Narratives: How Identity Redefined the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict began in 1948, when the state of Israel was declared on May 14, 1948. However, the roots of this conflict date...
The U.S.-Iran Struggle in Post-Assad Syria and the Alawite Predicament
The existing state of the Alawites holds significance in this assessment, followed by an examination of the Iran-United States confrontation. In general, the United...