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…
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…
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…
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 across Japanese prefectures.…
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 Dollar as a Weapon and Its…
Weapons That Smell of Earth Resource geopolitics begins with rare earths and germanium, which have long become the "fuel" of modern warfare. Without them, satellites go blind, missiles go deaf,…
Asia Reshapes the Digital Front On the map of the 21st century, new borders are drawn not along rivers or mountains, but across servers and data centers. From Beijing to…
Arteries of Empire: How the West Tamed Global Energy For decades, the global map of energy flows resembled the circulatory system of an Empire. The Suez Canal and the Strait…
India Breaks the American Grip and Commands Its Own Future Washington keeps demanding an oath of allegiance from New Delhi, as if India were just another state misfiled in the…