Russia & Eurasia

Russia and the wider Eurasian region remain central to debates over security, sovereignty, and geopolitical realignment. From Moscow’s assertive foreign policy to the evolving political and economic trajectories of states across the Caucasus and Central Asia, the region is marked by both entrenched tensions and emerging partnerships. GCIRD analyzes how domestic developments, regional power balances, and external actors shape Eurasia’s role in the international system.

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Four Futures of Work: How China Disrupts the Global AI Labor Framework

April 25, 2026

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How Ukraine Rewrites the Economics of Combat Power in the New Revolution of Military Affairs

April 25, 2026

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Europe’s New Infrastructure War Against Russia-Linked Cyber Threats

April 25, 2026

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The Algorithmic Battlefield: How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Modern Warfare Without Accountability

April 22, 2026

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How Pope Leo XIV Redefines Vatican Political Interference

The Vatican no longer asks permission to speak; under Pope Leo XIV, it uses structural moral leverage to influence war, immigration, and sovereignty across the globe.

How Pope Leo XIV Redefines Vatican Political Interference

Four Futures of Work: How China Disrupts the Global AI Labor Framework

Europe’s New Infrastructure War Against Russia-Linked Cyber Threats

The Fracturing Nuclear Order and the Return of Strategic Uncertainty

An Unraveling Consensus: Ukraine’s Governance Crisis, US Retrenchment, and the Strategic Costs of Corruption in Wartime

Ukraine’s Peace Crossroads and the Risks of a Strategic Miscalculation

The Geopolitics of Digital Vulnerability

Cybersecurity depends on coordination. As institutional restructuring and strategic reprioritization reshape Washington’s posture, the resilience of the international cyber order is increasingly uncertain.

February 19, 2026

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The Fracturing Nuclear Order and the Return of Strategic Uncertainty

For decades, the United States anchored a nuclear order that restrained proliferation and managed great power rivalry. As arms control collapses and allies...

February 19, 2026

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An Unraveling Consensus: Ukraine’s Governance Crisis, US Retrenchment, and the Strategic Costs of Corruption in Wartime

Ukraine’s corruption crisis, shifting US policy, and high-stakes peace negotiations are converging at a moment when the country must defend both its territory...

December 6, 2025

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Ukraine’s Peace Crossroads and the Risks of a Strategic Miscalculation

A U.S.-backed peace plan for Ukraine is moving quickly, even as the front stabilizes into a brutal war of attrition. This analysis unpacks...

December 6, 2025

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Liquidity Wars and the New Politics of Supply Chains

Digital platforms that finance invoices and pay suppliers early are quietly becoming one of the strongest levers in the global economy. As great...

November 25, 2025

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Trade in Financial Times and the New Fault Lines of Globalisation

Tariffs are returning just as tighter global credit and a powerful financial cycle come to dominate world trade. The convergence of weaponised trade...

November 25, 2025

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Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

Rising temperatures are exposing not only a failure of ambition but a failure of governance. This essay argues that climate policy is a...

November 25, 2025

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Navigating a New Energy Investment Landscape

Global energy is shifting from a cheap-capital, Paris-era boom in renewables to a harder, more fragmented investment landscape where security, cost and competitiveness...

November 23, 2025

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Europe and Russia to 2030: How a Long War Is Rebalancing Power

How the war in Ukraine is reshaping the Europe–Russia balance of power, from energy and sanctions to defence industry, demographics and global alliances,...

November 23, 2025

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From Cloud Outage to Command Vulnerability: How Grid Hardware, Critical Minerals, and Chinese Industrial Policy Rewire U.S. Compute Power

The October 2025 AWS us-east-1 outage is used to show how U.S. and allied command, finance, and logistics now depend on a cloud...

November 23, 2025

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