Top news of the week: 05.04.2023.
Mind the Middle Powers
Asked to provide a recipe for World War III, many historically minded analysts might mention growing belligerence by dissatisfied great powers;
COMING SOON: World Economic Outlook, April 2023
The World Economic Outlook Update will be released on April 5 at 9:30 AM ET. Join us for a live discussion titled The Cost of Fragmentation: Geopolitics and the Impact on the Global ...
China’s role in the fentanyl crisis
Chinese actors have come to play an increasing role in laundering money for Mexican cartels, including the principal distributors of fentanyl to the United States.
Unpacking the Iran-Saudi agreement
Tom Howe sets out the key components of the Iran-Saudi Arabia agreement and what it tells us about the region’s shifting geopolitics.
Saudi's Aramco could list in Hong Kong as China relations warm
News broke this week that Saudi Arabia’s state oil company, Aramco, is further strengthening its relationship with the Chinese market. Aramco’s latest deal is a 10% acquisition of oil ...
Silicon Valley Is Beating Washington to China Decoupling
Tech investors in the United States and China were dialing back bilateral links years before Biden decided to.
The Zeitenwende Is Here, It’s Just Unevenly Distributed
At first it meant a “historical shift” that happened to Germany, now the term "Zeitenwende" is widely used to describe the country’s much-needed foreign and security policy rethink. Much ...
Essential Geopolitics: China's Growing Russia-Ukraine Involvement
What does Xi's visit to Russia say about the trajectory of Russia-China relations?