The Cheap Supplier is Not the Safe One: How China’s Rare Earth Controls would Reorder Global Supply Chains

July 16, 2026

China’s rare earth controls are becoming a case for how economic power works in a more fragmented world. Beijing has learned how to turn concentrated industrial capacity into diplomatic leverage, while keeping its measures framed as lawful export controls, national security protection, and dual-use regulation. The result is a new form of “geoeconomic pressure”, which … More The Cheap Supplier is Not the Safe One: How China’s Rare Earth Controls would Reorder Global Supply Chains

Geopolitics Meets Pipeline: What Israel vs Iran Means for Energy Security

June 19, 2025

Key Summary: In June 2025, the world witnessed an escalation in the Middle Eastern tensions as Israel launched a surprise strike on Iranian nuclear and energy infrastructure. What began as said to be military pre-emption, quickly turned into a regional confrontation involving retaliatory missile strikes, civilian casualties and targeted hits on critical oil and gas … More Geopolitics Meets Pipeline: What Israel vs Iran Means for Energy Security

A Begginer Guide to India-Pakistan’s Escalating Conflict May 2025

May 11, 2025

Tensions between India and Pakistan, the two nuclear-armed countries, have reached their highest level after the 1999 Kargil conflict. A deadly terrorist attack on 22 April in Pahalgam that killed 26 Hindu tourists has reignited decades-old hostilities. It has now turned into missile strikes, cross-border shelling, air combat and rising civilian casualties that now threaten to destabilise the region. … More A Begginer Guide to India-Pakistan’s Escalating Conflict May 2025

Celebrating 20 Years of Vladimir Putin in Power : What to Love and What Not To Love – Part I (2000-2004)

June 18, 2020

In the first part of Putin’s 20th anniversary in power, we will talk about how this hard-working man disarmed oligarchs and gradually became an authoritarian power. … More Celebrating 20 Years of Vladimir Putin in Power : What to Love and What Not To Love – Part I (2000-2004)