Americas

The Leviathan's Edge: Why America Still Monopolises the Future

While critics forecast a hollowed-out empire, the United States has widened its lead in the global technology race. The reason is not policy, but a unique synthesis of capital risk, institutional elasticity, and geographic isolation.

Debt, Dominance, and the Weaponisation of the Dollar

The United States faces a mounting fiscal crisis, but the real threat to the dollar's hegemony is not solvency—it is the erosion of the trust required to underpin the world's primary neutral settlement tool.

The Fractional Guard: Why the Petrodollar Survives by Shrinking

While headlines predict the dollar’s total demise, the true shift is far more subtle. We are entering a period of strategic fragmentation where the US dollar trades its monopoly for a more durable, albeit smaller, sphere of influence.

The State Reborn: America’s Retreat from Globalisation

The United States has abandoned the neoliberal consensus in favour of a forceful industrial policy. This shift marks the end of an era, driven by the necessity of national security over the efficiency of the market.

The Atlantic Drift: Why the Western Alliance is Structurally Fraying

The unity of the West is not being broken by external adversaries, but by the diverging economic incentives and security realities of its core members. Washington and Brussels are no longer following the same map.

The Shale Fortress: Why Energy Independence Ended the American Empire

The American shale revolution did more than lower petrol prices; it destroyed the fundamental logic of the post-1945 global order. No longer tethered to Middle Eastern stability, Washington is now structurally incentivised to export chaos.

The Invisible War: Why Washington and Beijing Deny the New Cold War

While policymakers in Washington and Beijing officially reject the 'Cold War' label, a structural confrontation over semiconductor supremacy and maritime chokepoints is already reshaping the global economy into two irreconcilable trade bloc

The Overstretch Trap: Can America Sustain a Three-Front Pivot?

As Washington attempts to manage simultaneous crises in Ukraine, the Levant, and the Taiwan Strait, the constraint is no longer just political will, but a structural deficit in industrial capacity and strategic focus.

The Imperial Primary: Why the 2024 Vote is a Geopolitical Stress Test

Beyond the noise of domestic populism, the 2024 US election represents a structural referendum on the cost of empire. Washington must decide if it remains the world’s security guarantor or transitions into a transactional regional power.

Why has Saudi Arabia established a mission to Palestine in Jerusalem?

Can Iran’s release of US citizens cool rising tensions between the two powers?

Is normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia now impossible?

The Sovereign Snare: How Financial Force Undermines the Dollar

As Washington increasingly uses the US dollar as a tactical weapon, it risks eroding the strategic structural advantage that underpins its global primacy. Sanctions are effective in the short term, but they incentivise a permanent alternati

Will tensions escalate between Iran and the US in Syria?

Why is the UAE ignoring anti-Russia sanctions?

Has the Lebanon-Israel historic deal proven the US still holds significant sway in the region?

Is Armenia shifting from Russia to the US?

Has the Biden administration strengthened the US’s ties with Israel?