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Strategic Alloys and Advanced Materials in Military Power: From Titanium and Superalloys to Hypersonics, High‑Entropy Alloys, and Circular Minerals

April 25, 2026

Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Iran, Energy Security, and the Future of US-China Rivalry

April 25, 2026

The war imposed on Iran and its impact on ASEAN

April 22, 2026

Africa’s Strategic Neutrality Under Energy Shock

March 20, 2026

Why Abu Dhabi Walked Away from OPEC and What It Means for the GCC

Abu Dhabi’s exit from OPEC discipline signals the end of collective cartel management in the Persian Gulf. Divergent fiscal clocks between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, a growing reliability premium in energy markets, balance‑sheet coercion of weaker states, and the hidden danger of a sudden reversal in Persian Gulf sovereign capital flows are reshaping the region.

Why Abu Dhabi Walked Away from OPEC and What It Means for the GCC

The war imposed on Iran and its impact on ASEAN

Strait of Hormuz Legal Framework: Iran’s Rights and Revenue

Inside the Iran Crisis: Escalation, Survival, Spillover

Middle East Escalation Reshapes Energy Markets and Global Risk Pricing

Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

Iran War and the Hidden Crisis in Global Supply Chains

The Strait of Hormuz disruption is no longer just an energy story. It is tightening global systems that depend on steady flows of...

March 20, 2026

Strait of Hormuz Legal Framework: Iran’s Rights and Revenue

The Strait of Hormuz legal framework sits at the heart of one of the most important debates in international maritime law. It balances...

March 20, 2026

Inside the Iran Crisis: Escalation, Survival, Spillover

The Iran regional escalation is reshaping power balances across the Middle East and beyond. This in-depth analysis examines regime survival, proxy warfare, energy...

March 3, 2026

Middle East Escalation Reshapes Energy Markets and Global Risk Pricing

Escalating conflict in the Gulf has reintroduced a structural risk premium into oil markets. With up to 20% of global crude flows exposed,...

March 2, 2026

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

A Global Energy Order in Transition: Why Renewables Accelerate Even as the United States Reverses Course

Global investment in renewables is breaking records, reshaping industrial power and future energy security, even as the United States pulls back from clean-energy...

December 6, 2025

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

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

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

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