Category: Middle East

News and Analyses of events in the Middle East

Financial Shifts

Financial Shifts in the New Cold War

The world’s financial system is quietly going through major changes. Many people are calling it a “New Financial Cold War.” What’s happening is that countries like China, Russia, and others are trying to rely less on the U.S. dollar. They want more control over their own money systems, especially as tensions with the U.S. rise and sanctions become more common.

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Categories: America / Africa / Central Asia / China and Pacific region / East Asia / Eastern Europe and Russia / Indo-Pacific regions / Middle East / South Asia / Western Europe
Russia

How the Strategic Revival of Russia, China, and Iran is Redrawing Eurasia

Russia, China, and Iran have been stepping up their military teamwork in recent years. They now hold regular joint naval drills, like “Security Bond-2023” and “Marine Security Belt 2024” in the Gulf of Oman. These exercises include warships and aircraft from all three countries, covering huge areas of sea to practice fighting terrorism and protecting trade routes. Other countries, like Pakistan and India, even sent observers in 2024.

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Categories: America / Central Asia / China and Pacific region / East Asia / Eastern Europe and Russia / Indo-Pacific regions / Middle East / South Asia / Western Europe
US Hegemony

A Detailed Analysis of Post-US Hegemony Structures

Military strength still plays a major role in global influence. In 2025, the US is spending about $850 billion on defense, while China is spending around $249 billion. The US has 292 navy warships, including 11 aircraft carriers. China, on the other hand, has a larger fleet with over 370 ships, but only 3 aircraft carriers. Chinese news outlets, like the Global Times, say the country is upgrading its military to handle modern security threats. Their defense budget is going up by 7.2% this year, continuing a trend of steady but modest yearly increases.

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Categories: America / Africa / Central Asia / China and Pacific region / East Asia / Eastern Europe and Russia / Indo-Pacific regions / Middle East / South Asia / Western Europe
Top 5 2025

Top 5 Strategic Shifts in 2025

In 2025, the mix of fast-moving technology, growing nationalism, urgent climate action, shifting populations, and a more balanced world power structure is rewriting the global playbook. Countries and companies need to be ready: go digital, rethink where you get your supplies, go green, prepare your workforce, and always have a backup plan. The winners will be those who turn challenges into opportunities and stay ahead of the curve. The future isn’t set—it belongs to those bold enough to shape it.

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Categories: Western Europe / America / Central Asia / China and Pacific region / East Asia / Eastern Europe and Russia / Indo-Pacific regions / Middle East / South Asia
BRICS 2030

What Will BRICS Look Like by 2030?

Despite its economic and technological progress, BRICS faces several internal and external challenges. China and India, for instance, have long-standing trade and territorial disputes, which were notably exacerbated by the 2020 Ladakh clash. These tensions could pose risks to BRICS’ internal cohesion, particularly as India remains highly reliant on Chinese imports, including electronics.

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Categories: America / Arctic / China and Pacific region / Eastern Europe and Russia / Indo-Pacific regions / Middle East / South Asia
West

The West’s Big Flaws and How They Mess Up the World

Western countries talk a big game, but the truth is, they’re not the perfect example they claim to be. Their democracies are breaking down, their economies are out of control, and their focus on personal freedom has become selfishness. And because they’re so powerful, when they mess up, the whole world suffers—floods, job losses, political unrest, and more. But it’s not too late. If we get real, make hard decisions, and push for real change, things can get better. This isn’t about tearing the West down—it’s about holding them to their own standards. Because if they don’t get it together soon, we’re all going to pay the price. Time’s running out.

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Categories: America / Africa / Central Asia / China and Pacific region / East Asia / Eastern Europe and Russia / Indo-Pacific regions / Middle East / South Asia / Western Europe
tariff trump

Trump’s Tariff Tango – Dancing Through Economics and Global Power Plays

Beyond economics, tariffs were geopolitical grenades. The US-China trade war, starting in 2018, strained relations, with tariffs on $550 billion of Chinese goods met by China’s $185 billion retaliation, per the note, though standard figures suggest $360 billion and $110 billion, respectively. This wasn’t just trade; it fueled tech bans on Huawei and tensions in the South China Sea, pushing China to cozy up to Asia-Pacific via the Belt and Road Initiative. The IMF noted global GDP took a 0.3% hit from these tariffs, half from confidence effects (The Impact of US-China Trade Tensions – IMF).

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Categories: China and Pacific region / America / Indo-Pacific regions / Middle East / South Asia
Gaza and Israel

Gaza Medic’s final words: Mom, forgive me, I chose this path to save lives

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Saturday said the “irrefutable visual evidence shatters the occupation’s fabricated ‘suspicious movement’ lies, proving deliberate and systematic targeting of humanitarian personnel and civil defense crews by the Zionist occupation army while they were performing their humanitarian duty of rescuing the wounded and constituting a premeditated murder under international law”. “We demand international justice for the victims of this heinous crime,” it said.

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Categories: Middle East
Iran and Trump

Iran’s Geopolitical, Geoeconomic, & Geostrategic Importance in the Trump Era

On the international stage, sanctions have isolated Iran, limiting its ability to trade and access global financial markets. However, Iran has found ways around some restrictions, particularly by selling oil to China, one of its most important trade partners. Iran also works closely with Russia, especially in Syria, and has some potential opportunities to improve relations with European countries

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Categories: America / Middle East
Trump Geopolitics

Trump’s Geopolitics in a 2nd Term is a Strategic Reckoning

Trump’s foreign policy, outlined in the Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance, represents a bold shift in American power. By focusing on China and the Indo-Pacific, he aims to address what he sees as the biggest geopolitical challenge of the 21st century, believing that pulling back from other regions will be worth it.

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Categories: America / Africa / Arctic / Australia / Central Asia / China and Pacific region / East Asia / Eastern Europe and Russia / Indo-Pacific regions / Middle East / South Asia / Western Europe