More: Geopolitics
mBridge and the Future of Finance: From BRICS Experiment to Global Dialogue
Imagine currencies flowing across invisible bridges—no longer slowed by borders, intermediaries, or the weight of dollar dominance. This is the vision behind mBridge, a...
Estonia Invokes NATO Article 4 After “Brazen” Russian Airspace Breach
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Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated NATO member Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes in what Tallinn called an “unprecedentedly brazen” incursion, prompting Estonia to...
Brazil’s Pix and the Geopolitics of Digital Payments
This July, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched a Section 301 investigation into Brazil’s instant-payment system, Pix. The question on the table is...
Who Controls the Chips, Controls the World: The Silicon Cold War
The great power struggle of the twenty-first century is no longer waged in battlefields or oil markets. It is now fought in the microscopic...
BRICS Moment: Can the Global South’s Silver Lining Deliver?
When the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, and China first met in Yekaterinburg in 2009, the acronym “BRIC” was still fresh from Goldman Sachs’...
MAGA and the New Neoconservatism: The Middle East as the Heartland of a New Global Order
MAGA, short for "Make America Great Again" and the central slogan of the Trump era, is more than just domestic populism. It is a...
The Alaska Summit and The Donbass: Is This The End?
Τhe Alaska Summit, on August 15, 2025, attracted media and diplomatic attention world-wide. Various theories have circulated; some viewed it as a “second Yalta”,...
The Chinese Dream or Strategic Deception? Navigating the Harmony–Hegemony Dilemma
In 2012, when President Xi Jinping first coined the term “Chinese Dream”, it was seen as a patriotic call for national revival, a promise...
Greece’s Energy Future: Why Renewables Trump Hydrocarbons
A Strategic Counter-Argument to Recent Hydrocarbon Advocacy
Yannis Bassias’s recent article advocating for Greece’s return to hydrocarbon exploration fundamentally misreads both economic trends and strategic...
How a faster than expected US decline is a cause for worry in China?
Something rather unusual happened this April. CSIS, a Washington-based leading US think tank on foreign affairs, suggested in an article its website carried on...