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The Battery Supply Chain as a New Geopolitical Battleground

July 8, 2026

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Critical Raw Materials and Transatlantic Industrial Competition

June 30, 2026

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The Draghi Agenda and Europe’s Shrinking Margin for Delay

June 30, 2026

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The Price of Safe Transit

April 21, 2026

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Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab and the contest to reroute power between the Indian Ocean and Europe

Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab now form a single strategic theatre. Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Turkey and outside powers are competing over ports, pipelines, bases and transport corridors that could decide how energy, trade and military power move between Asia, Africa and Europe.
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The Battery Supply Chain as a New Geopolitical Battleground

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Critical Raw Materials and Transatlantic Industrial Competition

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The Draghi Agenda and Europe’s Shrinking Margin for Delay

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The New Politics of Industrial Readiness

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The Fifth Industrial Front and the Contest for Power and Work

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Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

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Iran War and the Strait of Hormuz System Shock

The Iran war Strait of Hormuz crisis is less about closure than collapse of confidence. Limited attacks have already slowed tanker traffic, disrupted...

March 20, 2026

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The New Politics of Industrial Readiness

Additive manufacturing is becoming a question of industrial readiness. For SMEs, the strategic value is not novelty but response: qualified parts, faster redesign,...

February 23, 2026

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A New Strategic Schema: Interpreting the 2025 National Security Strategy as a Turning Point in American Statecraft

A new vision of American power is emerging, which is rooted in sovereignty, economic strength, and a reordered global agenda. It redefines competition...

December 6, 2025

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The Fifth Industrial Front and the Contest for Power and Work

The next industrial revolution is not just about smarter factories but about geopolitics and social order. This essay argues that the shift from...

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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From Chokepoint to Network in the Geopolitics of Rare Earths and US-China Rivalry

Rare earths have turned from obscure inputs into one of the sharpest tools in US-China competition. China still dominates processing and magnet production,...

November 25, 2025

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Rare Earths and the Hard Edge of Interdependence

China’s grip on rare earth processing has turned obscure minerals into one of the sharpest tools in its strategic contest with the United...

November 25, 2025

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How circular economy is colliding with global trade and climate politics

Circular economy is no longer a recycling sideshow. Trade in scrap metals, plastics and used components is turning into a strategic arena where...

November 25, 2025

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Europe’s circular economy agenda as international strategy

Circular economy has moved from technical jargon to a lever of power. The EU now uses rules on design, repair, waste and materials...

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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