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The Silk Road is an ancient trade route that connects China to the West. For centuries it has played an important role as a crosspoint for civilisations.Today it plays a key role in the geopolitics between China and the U.S.
A kinetic escalation between Washington and Tehran has fractured the semiconductor supply chain. Beyond oil markets, the real casualty is the hyper-concentrated infrastructure required for the global artificial intelligence arms race.
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The collapse of the Sudanese state has created a geopolitical void that is forcing a radical rearmament across the Sahel. This is no longer local civil war; it is a structural race for African resource sovereignty.
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Turkey is no longer a peripheral partner but a central disruptor. By prioritising regional sovereignty over collective security, Ankara has transformed NATO from a mutual defence union into a marketplace for national interests.
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Geographic partitions are not historical events; they are active geopolitical engines. In South Asia, a hasty retirement from Empire created a structural instability that ensures permanent mobilisation and restricts the rise of two nuclear powers.
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Modern globalisation is often framed as a Western invention. In reality, the 13th-century Mongol Empire established the first template for a borderless economy, proving that global trade requires a single, ruthless security guarantor to function.
15 Jan 2026
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.
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