Mineral-producing nations are turning the shortcomings of the G7 and BRICS into bargaining power. Bundles of copper on rail wagons at the New Kapiri Mposhi train station in Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia. The ...

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United States President Donald Trump’s May 2026 visit to Beijing was neither a diplomatic triumph nor a clean end to the trade war his first administration launched nearly a decade ago. Instead, it ...

Over the past few months, the lawsuit Elon Musk filed against OpenAI gave the public a rare glimpse into the engine room of the company that, more than any other, defined the new artificial ...

This is the third installment in a GIS series on spacepower. Read about great power competition and China’s orbital ambitions. Grand strategy works by keeping a state’s political purpose aligned with ...

Global fertility has plunged to record lows, shifting attention from overpopulation to a potential shortage of workers, taxpayers and innovators. Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan. The country’s ...

Strait of Hormuz tensions and sanctions have pushed oil trade toward yuan, stablecoins and alternative rails, threatening the dollar’s global primacy. For decades, the petrodollar has been the ...

Connectivity has become a key source of geoeconomic influence, like China’s Belt and Road Initiative or the envisaged India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. The Red Sea, which connects the Suez ...

Iran’s competing power centers are shaping negotiations, escalation risks and regional strategic decisions. IRGC generals and commanders, Mohsen Rezaee (left), Ali Fadavi (2nd left), Ahmad Vahidi ...

In Ukraine’s drone workshops, even the fiber-optic spool’s hollow core becomes vital, highlighting a strategic split: precision versus volume in jammed skies. Nov. 21, 2025: A workshop in Ukraine’s ...

A sharp disruption to oil supply has pushed prices higher, but the market response so far suggests a relatively contained reaction. The latest escalation in the Middle East came as a shock to global ...

The U.S. is advancing Pax Silica and redefining geopolitical order around compute, technological chokepoints and dependence. Dec. 12, 2025: U.S. Under Secretary of State Jacob Helberg (far left) ...