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Venezuela’s Geopolitical Position in 2025: Between Crisis Management and Strategic Realignment
Venezuela’s Resource Wealth: From Potential to Decline Venezuela possesses some of the most abundant resources in the Western Hemisphere...

Mikel Viteri
Aug 28, 20258 min read


EU Strategic Autonomy and the Taiwan Strait: A Tipping Point or Talking Point?
As the Indo-Pacific tilts toward geopolitical turbulence, the European Union’s long-standing ambition for “strategic autonomy” is once...

Paula Thornton
Aug 26, 20256 min read


The Persistent Myth of Mono Ethnic Economies
Intro Despite the divisions running through the Western bloc, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and the European Union are all...

Mehdi Amghar
Aug 14, 20258 min read


Samurai of the Seas: Japan’s Enduring Maritime Legacy
Abstract This analysis explores Japan’s maritime power, examining how its profound knowledge of the sea has historically shaped the...

Alberto Vaccari
Aug 6, 20257 min read


The U.S. Grand Strategy: Is Containment Coming Back?
Introduction President Biden’s National Security Strategy (NSS) in October 2022 signaled a new rivalry-driven strategic stance for the...

Maria Kinder Lucas
Aug 5, 20255 min read


The Rise and Fall of Bolivia’s Socialist Model
“We thought we had a Qatar of gas,” said Bolivia’s Minister of Energy and Hydrocarbons, Franklin Molina Ortiz in October 2024 to describe...

Lucile Guéguen
Jul 31, 20259 min read


The Roots of a Coming Strategic Collision:The Rising Risk of a Turkey-Russia Regional Rivalry
The early 21st century has witnessed the revival of competing visions for Eurasia as both a geographic and civilizational space. At the...

Lawrence Kaiser
Jul 21, 20257 min read


Weaponized Migration: Russia’s Hybrid Tactic to Destabilize and Disrupt the EU & Schengen-border States
Part 1: Understanding Weaponized Migration as a Hybrid Threat Against Europe Introduction In December 2024, the European Union’s...

Eugenio Goia
Jul 17, 202510 min read


Testing the Waters: The South China Sea and the Future of U.S.-China Competition
In the contested South China Sea, symbolic territorial claim demonstrations are nothing novel. Just last week, China conducted a...

Nini Pataridze
Jul 14, 20257 min read


Fueling Power: How EACOP is Redrawing East Africa’s Geopolitical Map
Landlocked and often overlooked, Uganda is one of the world’s lowest-income countries. Yet, beneath its soil lies a resource with the...

Lucile Guéguen
Jul 10, 20255 min read


The Rise of China’s Solar Industry in Europe
When it comes to renewable energy, the development of solar photovoltaics (PV) for residential and commercial use has tripled between...

James Hammersley
Jul 6, 20255 min read


Contractors in the Shadows: Out of Sight, Still in Play?
Abstract This article will examine the role of contractors, offering a historical perspective on the figure of the mercenary and its...

Alberto Vaccari
Jul 3, 202510 min read


Argentina's Economic Reboot: Milei's Liberalization
Two years into Javier Milei’s presidency, Argentina stands at a critical juncture in its modern economic history. Elected amid one of the...

Mikel Viteri
Jun 29, 20255 min read


Europe in the Geoeconomic Era: Building Resilience in Energy and Defence
The importance of guaranteeing the resilience of supply chains has not escaped anyone’s notice in Europe. On the contrary, after the...

Lenin Navas
Jun 26, 20257 min read


From Fragility to Resilience: The Future of ECOWAS and the Imperative for Regional Transformation
A Vision Rooted in Collective Survival When the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was created in 1975 through the Treaty...

Mountaga El Karim Diagne
Jun 23, 20255 min read


Debt, Geopolitics, and Investment: How Africa's Financial Crisis Shapes Western Capital Strategy
Background As we enter the latter half of the decade, Africa is again at the heart of global competition - not just for resources or for...

Lawrence Kaiser
Jun 19, 20255 min read


Open-Source Intelligence and the New Transparency of Global Conflict
The emergence of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) in the digital era is breaking through the conventional fog of war. This strategy,...

Maria Kinder Lucas
Jun 15, 20254 min read


Navigating Influence in the Indo-Pacific: Development Finance, Strategic Competition, and the CPTPP
The Indo-Pacific has emerged as the defining arena of 21st-century geopolitics—a place where economic ambition meets strategic...

Sofia Muscato
Jun 12, 20255 min read


Strategic Competition and Conflict in the Indo-Pacific
The growing strategic competition between the People’s Republic of China and the United States has become a central concern for...

William-Henry Au
Jun 10, 20254 min read


What Taiwan’s Semiconductor Dominance Means for Europe: Exploring How TSMC’s Global Footprint Intersects With EU Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Goals
As the global semiconductor landscape undergoes significant shifts, Taiwan's preeminence in chip manufacturing, particularly through...

Paula Thornton
Jun 4, 20254 min read
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