Tag: geopolitics
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Explore the Africa gold mining risks Chinese companies face amid armed attacks and high gold prices. Is it worth the gamble? https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2025/08/25/africa-gold-rush-chinese-mining-risks/ more ›
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The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more… more ›
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China’s nuclear strategy is a sign it is playing for the highest geopolitical stakes. https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/inside-chinas-dangerous-nuclear-game/ more ›
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Eswatini partners with China’s Sinohydro on a major dam project despite Taiwan ties, sparking diplomatic friction and local labor disputes. https://chinaglobalsouth.com/analysis/eswatini-sinohydro-dam-project-taiwan-china-tensions/ more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/Da4g65k China is building the largest power plant the world has ever seen, in a very remote corner of Tibet. But the $167 billion hydropower dam has environmentalists and… more ›
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Sunday’s deal is the almost inevitable outcome of a declining great power placing its faith in an economically https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/opinion/the-brief-how-trumps-triumph-ursulas-shame-europes-nightmare/?utm_source=euractiv&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=intro&utm_term=0-0&utm_campaign=THE_BRIEF more ›
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Russia is a Near Eastern country now subordinated to East Asia, but historically it has prospered most when tied closely to Europe. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/where-is-russias-place-in-the-world/ more ›
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With Russia’s key partner in the Middle East on the ropes, the Kremlin runs the risk of being drawn into a broader conflict it cannot afford. So far, Putin has… more ›
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Growing up in Brazil, neuroscientist Danielle Beckman always dreamed of moving to the US for work. So, in 2017, when Beckman got the opportunity to work at the California National… more ›
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“A few years ago, no one would have imagined that one of the biggest democracies in the world would cancel research programs under the pretext that the word… https://countercurrents.org/2025/05/americas-great-brain-drain/?utm_source=perplexity more ›