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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In recent years, the EAEU has signed FTAs with Vietnam, Iran, and Serbia, and these agreements have lifted mutual trade turnover as if the region were assembling its own...
The Caspian Accelerates and Thickens the Political Density of Transit The growth of transit flows in the Caspian compresses infrastructure as steadily as a rising tide...
Over the past three years, China, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan have launched more than forty joint projects in military and dual-use logistics — as if assembling a new...
In 2025, a new hydropower hub added another 15 million cubic meters of controlled discharge — a volume comparable to a three-day water supply for a city breathing to the...
The New Rhythm of the Global Economy Shifts the Centers of Gravity Russia notes that 95% of its settlements with China and India now run through national currencies — a...
A vessel flying the flag of an Asian power enters Fujian waters under insurance that has surged amid yet another round of Western attempts to turn maritime rules into a...
Asia Accelerates the Formation of Its Own Financial Orbits In a single quarter, Asian institutions secured access to over $80 billion in capital outside the...
The map of Asia is increasingly resembling the neural layout of a continent that has decided to rewrite its own code. The old hydrocarbon arteries are fading, as if drawn...
A New Chessboard for the Game In November 2025, Washington once again remembered Central Asia — like an old asset gathering dust in the portfolio of unfinished imperial...