Chinese Bargaining Chip: Rare-Earth Minerals China announced broad export controls on rare-earth-related technologies and materials, requiring foreign companies to get Beijing’s approval to export magnets or products containing even trace amounts of Chinese-origin rare earths or made using Chinese extraction/refining…
Uncertainty and Geopolitical Tensions Propel Gold Price Surge Precious metal having biggest rally since 1970s amid political uncertainty in US, France and Japan. From trump attacking the independence of the US central bank, FED, to Macron of France unable to…
Economic and Military Options for the US and EU The US and the EU are exploring ways to economically squeeze the Russian economy to bring Putin back to the negotiating table. In fact, the economic strategy to tighten the noose…
Putin Tests NATO Countries and Article 5 Commitment Article 5 of NATO says that an attack on one is an attack on all. This is the bedrock commitment made by all NATO members. Putin is trying to sow doubt among…
Rapidly Changing Geopolitical Environment and Turkey The Ukrainian-Russian War, the fall of Asad in Syria, recent Israeli military actions and tensions in the Eastern Mediterrainian have impacted Turkey. Let's look at how and what each of these developments and more…
Economic Outcome with Geopolitical Issues Downplayed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump used Trump’s second state visit to publicly renew the “special relationship,” announce major business deals and present a united front while mostly avoiding contentious…
US Tariffs and Bolsonaro Verdict Push US-Brazil Apart Donald Trump has dramatically escalated U.S. interference in Brazil by imposing a 50% tariff on many Brazilian goods and applying Magnitsky sanctions to Judge Alexandre de Moraes, citing alleged threats to free…
Russia Tests NATO Air Defenses with Drone Attack Nato fighter jets and air defenses shot down Russian-made drones that entered Polish airspace during a massive Russian strike on Ukraine. Poland called the incident an “unprecedented violation,” triggered NATO’s Article 4…
US Pressures Mexico to Close Chinese 'Backdoor' to USMCA Mexico announced a plan to raise import tariffs on automobiles and other goods from countries without free-trade agreements (notably China) to the maximum WTO-allowed levels. The measures—affecting about $52 billion of…
The Geopolitics of the Global South Competition Great-power competition—especially U.S. pressure to force developing countries into binary choices between the West and China—is counterproductive. Many countries in the global South prefer strategic autonomy and multiple alignments rather than being coerced…
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