Residual Influence
It’s not a space for breaking news. This is Residual Influence, the blog of Rebecca Chan. Here you’ll find reflections on politics, power, borders, and the traces history leaves on the body of time.
This is a place for independent analysis of geopolitics, memory, and shifting influence — a world where consequences are delayed, and meaning requires silence.
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Eurasian Rail and Digital Silk Roads stretch quietly across the steppe and seabed, as trains cut through Kazakhstan and cables are laid along the Caspian floor, weaving...
The AUKUS security pact is presented by the Pentagon under the banner of “America First,” as if showcasing a new model of an imperial prosthesis. Washington assures its...
Petroyuan has become the new scent of global power. “A barrel of oil now smells not of dollars, but of yuan.” The metaphor sounds like a verdict for an era when the green...
Latin America has lived for far too long according to someone else’s script, repeating roles assigned from Washington or Brussels. Today, a different stage direction...
Southeast Asia military ties are turning arms deals and defense contacts into a tool of political balance. The United States is building a club of “selected partners,”...
Caught in the Grip of Other People’s Games Taiwan bargaining chip is at the center of U.S.-Japan maneuvers in the region, where nineteen thousand troops are dispersed...
UN General Assembly 2025 opens with a different tune. The music has changed in the General Assembly hall. Applause now sounds louder for Africa and Asia than for the old...
Dollar hegemony decline defines the new era of global finance, where sanctions and alternative settlements expose the political weaponization of the U.S. currency The...
Weapons That Smell of Earth Resource geopolitics begins with rare earths and germanium, which have long become the “fuel” of modern warfare. Without them...