Digital Empire: How Stablecoins Extend Washington’s Reach Beyond Borders By Uriel Araujo The promise of crypto is colliding with geopolitical reality. Stablecoins now serve as instruments of US statecraft (and “deep state” linked Big Tech), echoing the “dollar bomb” of the… Read More ›
Magnitsky Sanctions Expose Brazil’s Dollar Dependency Amid BRICS Push For De-Dollarization By Uriel Araujo Brazil’s financial sector is reeling after Justice Minister Flávio Dino warned banks against complying with US Global Magnitsky sanctions on Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The… Read More ›
Chevron In Caracas: Trump’s Strategic Swerve Amid Neo-Monroeist Rhetoric By Uriel Araujo Chevron’s return to Venezuela under Trump marks a striking policy reversal: it is all about inflation, oil prices, and US rivalry with China. The move comes amid rising domestic… Read More ›
Analysing Reports That Russia Clinched A Deal With Pakistan To Rebuild Its Steel Mill By Andrew Korybko Although the reported deal would be an apolitical one, the consequent reduction of Pakistani steel imports, associated alleviation of its foreign exchange crisis, and… Read More ›
China’s Shipbuilding Might: Over 200 Times The U.S. Capacity By Uriel Araujo The unipolar world is vanishing: China’s naval dominance, with shipbuilding capacity over 200 times greater than the US, reflects US industrial decline. Beijing’s industrial might and dual-use shipyards challenge… Read More ›
Russia And Pakistan Will Comprehensively Expand Cooperation In The Resource Sector By Andrew Korybko Pakistan wants to reduce its disproportionate dependence on China, hence why it prefers for Russia to modernize its resource infrastructure instead of China, which aligns with US… Read More ›
It’ll Take Time To Reap The Fruits Of The First-Ever Russian-Pakistani Trade And Investment Forum By Andrew Korybko It’s always beneficial whenever business people from different countries, especially former rivals like Russia and Pakistan, meet to discuss ways to fulfil their… Read More ›
Russia’s Potential Ban On Critical Mineral Exports To The West Likely Won’t Change Much By Andrew Korybko Asian countries would probably replace Russia’s lost Western customers, while India could facilitate their purchase of these resources just like it’s already doing with… Read More ›
Russian-Pakistani Relations Are Surprisingly Taking On Strategic Dimensions By Andrew Korybko Nothing major has yet to be agreed to, but that might change if Pakistan musters the political will to defy the US, which Russia evidently thinks is possible. Russian Deputy… Read More ›
The New Pakistani Ambassador To Russia Hopes For More Mutually Beneficial Cooperation By Andrew Korybko Ambassador Jamali is truly committed to implementing the ambitious vision for bilateral ties that he described to TASS, but he’ll remain unable to make tangible progress… Read More ›
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