Why Development Finance Has Become Competitive
How the rise of alternative lenders transformed development financing from donor monopoly to strategic marketplace
The Strategic Logic of Free Trade Zones
How special economic zones serve as carefully engineered apertures between domestic economies and global capital flows
How Financial Networks Become Geopolitical Tools
Control over payment networks grants coercive power that rivals military force—but each use accelerates the search for alternatives.
The Political Economy of Currency Wars
Why accusations of currency manipulation reveal deeper struggles over who wins and loses in global trade.
Technology Transfer as Geopolitical Battleground
How semiconductor chips and AI algorithms became the new strategic resources reshaping great power competition
The Political Economy of Global Supply Chains
Why where things get made has become a matter of national strategy, not just corporate cost-cutting
The Dollar's Quiet Power: How Reserve Currency Status Shapes Global Politics
Why nations complain about dollar dominance but can't escape it, and what this reveals about how global power actually works
Why Trade Deficits Are Misunderstood: The Political Economy of Balance
Understanding why economists and politicians see completely different stories in the same trade numbers—and what each perspective reveals and obscures.
Why Nations Weaponize Trade: The Hidden Logic Behind Economic Statecraft
How governments transform commercial relationships into strategic weapons—and what the patterns reveal about global power competition
Economic Sanctions: When They Work, When They Backfire
Understanding why economic pressure succeeds in some cases while inadvertently strengthening adversaries in others reveals essential strategic dynamics.
Why Economic Interdependence Doesn't Prevent Conflict
Trade ties create incentives for peace but also new weapons for coercion—understanding when interdependence fails changes how you assess global risk.
How Natural Resources Shape Great Power Competition
Why lithium deposits and rare earth processing matter more than oil fields in today's strategic competition between major powers.
The Strategic Logic of Regional Economic Blocs
Understand why trade agreements are really about alliances, influence, and power—not just tariffs and market access.
Understanding China's Belt and Road: Strategy Beyond Infrastructure
China's trillion-dollar infrastructure program serves domestic economic needs while systematically building dependencies and rewriting global trade geography.