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 nerve fibers of Eurasia’s future. These are lines of connection and exchange that create an architecture deeper than any diplomatic protocol. Not every newspaper notices this movement…
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 allies that the alliance will strengthen “stability” — a word that, in the Anglo-American dictionary, has long meant the opposite. At the same time, Australia signs the…
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 paper was considered the scent of global power. The symbol has shifted: where the dollar fetish ruled for decades, an Eastern sign…
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 emerges: partnerships with Asia are not only diversifying trade routes, but also rebalancing the very architecture of power. What once looked like isolated deals now forms a pattern—one that redraws…
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,” while China is methodically cultivating trust, strengthening defense channels with those tired of American promises without guarantees. Southeast Asia’s Growing Appetite for Weapons The region’s arms market is…
