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China’s Carbon Statecraft and the Reordering of Global Industrial Power

June 30, 2026

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Critical Raw Materials and Transatlantic Industrial Competition

June 30, 2026

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The Hormuz Shock Is Reordering Energy Power

April 20, 2026

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The Pacific’s Geoeconomic Exposure to the Persian Gulf Shock

April 6, 2026

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The Battery Supply Chain as a New Geopolitical Battleground

China’s battery power rests less on lithium mines than on its control of refining, active materials, production machinery, factory knowledge and storage systems. The struggle now concerns which countries can keep essential industries, electricity grids and military systems operating when supply chains are disrupted.
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The Battery Supply Chain as a New Geopolitical Battleground

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Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

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China’s Arctic Role in a Securitising Region

China is tempering its Arctic rhetoric, shifting from grand connectivity ambitions to climate-science messaging and selective partnership offers. But Nordic and EU governments...

February 24, 2026

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Persistent Environmental Crisis of 2026

From rising sea levels to collapsing ecosystems, environmental risks are increasingly intertwined with economic security and global power competition. The decisive question is...

February 20, 2026

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Demographic Decline and the Reordering of Power, Development, and Sustainability

For much of the twentieth century, demographic anxiety centered on excess. Rapid population growth in Asia, Latin America, and parts of Africa was...
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February 20, 2026

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Climate Strain and the Reordering of Global Food Stability

Climate stress is reshaping global food systems and widening the gap between resilient states and vulnerable regions. Rising temperatures, volatile markets, and uneven...

December 7, 2025

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From Ore to Influence: Building Allied Rare Earth Processing Hubs to Break China’s Midstream Grip

China controls nearly all heavy rare earth processing and most of the refining that turns raw ore into magnets for jets, submarines, and...

December 7, 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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