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Category: Geopolitics
Rising specter of a quantum computing arms race
Quantum firms may soon be forced to focus more on military than commercial applications as geopolitical tensions intensify. Read More Here
The Dawn Of Stakeholder Geopolitics
World powers still hold starkly different visions of what should guide global politics and are vying to shape the new world order accordingly. In such a turbulent geopolitical climate, the question becomes, What can a framework for durable cooperation look like? Read More Here
A Missed Opportunity In Bali
The summit between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, was, at best, a public-relations effort to provide a brief respite in the ominous progression of conflict escalation. But there was no substance, no strategy, and no path to de-escalation. Read More Here
In the 2008 Olympics, Beijing Felt Like an Open Door. In 2022, It’s Closed
During the 2008 Olympics, Beijing felt electric. The world was dazzled by games that went off more or less seamlessly…The 2022 Olympics couldn’t feel more different, with Covid precautions and a restricted reporting environment essentially cutting the games off from the surrounding country. Read More Here
Russia, China And The Bid For Empire
Mr. Putin’s goal isn’t only to restore the former Soviet Union in some form or other, but to establish a zone of influence throughout Central and Eastern Europe that approximates the borders of the former Warsaw Pact. Read More Here
The New Geopolitics of Energy
It is true that clean energy will transform geopolitics—just not necessarily in the ways many of its champions expect. The transition will reconfigure many elements of international politics that have shaped the global system… Read More Here
The Geopolitical Olympics: Could China Win Gold?
In the past two decades, China has risen further and faster on more dimensions than any nation in history. As it has done so, it has become a serious rival of what had been the world’s sole superpower. Read More Here
Major Mining Project Takes Centre Stage In Greenland Vote
Greenlanders are bracing for a snap election that is being viewed as a referendum on a controversial mine that has not yet opened. Kvanefjeld, the rare-earth mineral project near Narsaq in southern Greenland, has divided the political system for more than a decade, and is of significant importance to the global mining industry. Read Here […]
The Afterlife Of Empire
Never before has imperialism been so condemned as now. European colonialism continues to constitute a raw and living memory in the collective minds of its hundreds of millions of victims and their descendants, even while each and any aspect of racism is noisily condemned in the United States. Empire, in other words, has come to […]
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