More: Geopolitics
The Unpredictable World and the Lust for Power
As the world becomes increasingly unpredictable and power dynamics shift, nations grapple with the desire for influence and control. From rising powers like China...
The Politics of Lithium Extraction in Africa: Economic, Environmental and Geopolitical Impact
Abstract: Lithium is a vital resource used to produce batteries for electric cars and other high-tech devices. China is currently the world's largest producer...
India could be this decade’s China
This could be India’s decade if it plays its cards right.
The subcontinental state is poised to be the next China, even if its path...
‘Saudi First’ aid policy marries geopolitics with economics
When Mohammed al-Jadaan told a gathering of the global political and business elite that Saudi Arabia would, in the future, attach conditions to its...
“The starry heavens above me…”* A plea for awareness and peace
*Immanuel Kant: "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them:...
De-Europeanisation of History, Part II
Economic downturn; recession of plans and initiatives; systematically ignored calls for a fiscal and monetary justice for all; €-crisis; Brexit and irredentism in the...
The Ukraine Crisis: Escaping the Armageddon
The unending Russo-Ukrainian conflict that has added another dark chapter to the European history is now at the threshold of what can be called...
Oil Politics and Europe: The West in Conundrum?
The Russia-Ukraine war has drastically altered the dynamics of world politics ranging from the economic supply chain to the geopolitical rivalry among the great...
The new geopolitical epoch: President Joe Biden calls this the “decisive decade”
Yes, President Joe Biden calls this the “decisive decade”. Yet the label scarcely captures the moment—the start of a post-post-cold-war epoch in which the...
Assessing China Amidst Global Power Shifts
The world is moving towards a global power shift. It is not necessary whether we accept or not. History never ends, nations and civilisations...