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5 issues to watch for 2017 in the Muslim World
As industrial policy shifts from trade facilitation to technocratic survival, the global hierarchy is no longer determined by labour costs or resource wealth, but by the strategic density of sovereign compute.
14 Jun 2026
The era of frictionless trade is over. As geopolitics reclaim primacy over economics, the world is fracturing into two distinct, competing spheres. It is a transition from efficiency to resilience that changes the price of everything.
15 Nov 2025
The Global South has abandoned the pursuit of ideological blocks. By leveraging competition between Washington and Beijing for critical minerals and digital infrastructure, a new class of 'swing states' is securing unprecedented sovereign leverage.
1 Nov 2025
As the West races to electrify and the East expands its industrial base, the global scramble for raw materials is creating a new hierarchy of power. The real victors are not the miners, but the logistical bottlenecks.
15 Jul 2025
Conventional power metrics like GDP and military hardware are lagging indicators. In the 21st century, the true arbiter of sovereignty is the replacement rate, shifting the global tilt towards a new tier of demographically resilient powers.
1 Jul 2025
While global headlines focus on the Pacific and the Levant, a structural convergence of energy insecurity, ethnic realignment, and Russian diversionary tactics has made the Western Balkans the world’s most dangerous flashpoint for 2025.
15 Mar 2025
