More: Geopolitics
Is China’s Digital Yuan Becoming a Settlement Tool? The Geopolitics of Monetary Hedging
China’s digital yuan has spent years being judged by the wrong test. Most attention has focused on whether ordinary users would abandon Alipay or...
Mistaking an Army for a Creed: NATO, Trump, and the Future of Liberal Internationalism
The NATO Ankara summit is a eulogy for one model of liberal internationalism. It should become the cradle of a better one.
Donald Trump went...
Beyond Imperialism and Sphere of Influence: Greenland and the Reordering of Strategic Space
Every time Donald Trump revives his demand for American control of Greenland, most recently at the July 2026 NATO summit in Ankara, the response...
ASEAN needs a hedging code, not just hedging instincts
Southeast Asia is not choosing Beijing over Washington. It only looks that way. What is actually happening is more consequential: the region's governments are...
Who May “Toll” the Strait of Hormuz
On 20 June, Donald Trump posted that there would be no tolls in the Strait of Hormuz during the sixty-day ceasefire, and none after...
Three Sovereignties, One AI: State, Corporate, and Indigenous Techno-Sovereignty
Sovereign AI has become a national priority, replacing the old dream of a borderless internet with state-backed control over computing hardware. The digital economy...
U.S. Military Overstretch in the Middle East and Europe’s Opportunity
The most recent dispute between the United States, Israel, and Iran is likely to lead to an unprecedented situation where both sides of the...
The Return of Great-Power Spheres of Influence
After decades of a rule-based international order built on the principle of national sovereignty and territorial integrity and equal interactions based on multilateralism, which...
The One That Came Out on Top: How Iran Won the Conflict
The Iranians have come out on top after the conflict. They have demonstrated themselves as a pure and united nation by not dividing into...
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the Race for Rare Earths Strategic Cooperation in Central Asia
Central Asia in the Global Rare Earth Race
As Washington and Beijing have escalated their trade confrontation, the rare earth sector has emerged as one...