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The Globe Desk
Geopolitics, demographics, and the forces reshaping the world
An international affairs analyst reading between the borders
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Recent Briefings
As Washington demands its allies take unilateral responsibility for securing the Strait of Hormuz, the post-WWII blue-water naval doctrine is showing signs of structural fracture. We also examine an a…
Diplomatic maneuvering ahead of trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi is exposing new fault lines within NATO, as European capitals protest their exclusion from U.S.-Russian security dialogues. Meanwhil…
With the U.S. midterm elections delivering a divided government, allied and rival capitals alike are bracing for legislative gridlock over trade and foreign aid. We also unpack the successful push for…
Today on The Globe Desk: As Washington wakes up to divided government following the midterms, international capitals are bracing for an era of inconsistent US policy. We also unpack a record $9.4 tril…
Today on The Globe Desk: We track the expansion of parallel financial and transit networks across the Global South, from a massive statistical reconfiguration of Ethiopia's economy to new commercial s…
Washington's enforcement of trade penalties on South Africa and kinetic U.S. strikes in the Persian Gulf underscore a shift in global security, moving beyond diplomatic pressure into direct economic a…
Today on The Globe Desk: Great-power competition is accelerating the fragmentation of trade preferences and regional security networks, forcing middle powers across the Global South to build pragmatic…
Today on The Globe Desk: We track the ongoing fallout from the G20 summit and Senegal's IMF standoff, alongside escalating Global South attempts to bypass Western debt restructuring and the accelerati…
Physical assets and chokepoints are rapidly becoming the primary domains of great-power leverage, moving conflict out of diplomatic channels and into the real world. Today we trace this shift through …
The escalation of kinetic sea-denial tactics in the Strait of Hormuz sets the tone for today's briefing, overshadowing traditional diplomatic channels. We also examine a new trans-continental rail lin…