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China’s AI ambitions meet the politics of global supply chains
The US military operation against the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has exacerbated the already strained US relationship with Latin America, with far-reaching implications beyond...
Iran: America’s Next Target After Venezuela
On December 28, 2025, protests unexpectedly erupted across Iran in response to a severe economic downturn in the Middle Eastern country, caused largely by...
Breaking the Rentier Cycle: Tinubu’s Tax Gamble and Nigeria’s Economic Future
For decades, oil has defined Nigeria’s political landscape, where abundant reserves have made the country Africa’s biggest oil producer , the world’s 6th largest...
The Iranian Crisis as a Geopolitical Phenomenon
Waves of mass protest in Iran tend to erupt when least expected, though this should hardly surprise us. They typically represent the release of...
Strategic Tensions and Talent Flows: China’s Reverse Brain Drain and UIBE’s Exit from Israel
The year 2025 witnessed a significant acceleration in what is known as “reverse brain drain” from the United States and Israel to China. Chinese...
China’s Trade Surplus and the Reconfiguration of Global Trade under Strategic Competition
Trade Beyond Markets
Market efficiency and liberal economic principles are no longer the main factors influencing international trade. Rather, it has evolved into a more...
Trump is Serious About Greenland
The US is attempting to create a US-led, resource-driven new world order based on energy dominance, territorial leverage, and Europe’s strategic impotence.
When US President...
Why the India-Australia-Japan Trilateral Should Be Strengthened
Since the Cold War era, the US has been the primary security contributor to its allies worldwide, including in East Asia. However, under the...
The CPEC Effect: Why China and Pakistan Are Resetting Security
This interaction on January 7, 2026 between Wang Xiaohong and Mohsin Naqvi, which took place in Beijing, stirred an event which China and Pakistan...
New Routledge Handbook Analyzes Middle East’s Shifting Economic Power
The purpose of the book is a multidisciplinary, comprehensive overview of economic structures, development trajectories in the Middle East, and possible challenges. The book...