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Central Bank Digital Currencies as Foreign Policy
CBDC pilots look technical, but cross-border settlement blocs are being drawn in their image.
Jul 05, 2026 · L. MeyerOriginally on Geofinance
The Age of Alliance Hedging
Middle powers are no longer choosing sides; they are choosing overlapping memberships and calling it strategy.
Jul 04, 2026 · D. OkaforOriginally on Geopolitics
Nuclear Renaissance, Meet Construction Reality
Order books are full, timelines are not. The gap between announced gigawatts and poured concrete is the story.
Jul 03, 2026 · P. NordvikOriginally on Global Energy
Archipelagic Depth: Why Geography Still Wins in the Indo-Pacific
The first island chain is usually drawn from Beijing's perspective. Draw it from Canberra's and a different set of priorities appears.
Jun 28, 2026 · A. HarrierAI Models Are Infrastructure Now — Secure Them Like It
Model weights, training pipelines and inference endpoints have quietly become critical dependencies for entire sectors.
Jun 26, 2026 · R. ChenOriginally on Cyberstrategy
Orbital Debris and the Coming Liability Fight
Attribution in orbit is improving faster than the law that would make attribution matter.
Jun 25, 2026 · S. VegaOriginally on Astrostrategy
Deterrence by Detection: Making Surveillance Do Coercion's Work
Persistent, publicised observation raises the cost of aggression before a single shot is fired.
Jun 24, 2026 · J. CallasOriginally on Geostrategy
Migration Pressure Points and the Outsourcing of Borders
Wealthy states increasingly manage migration by moving their borders into other countries' territory — with predictable leverage effects.
Jun 23, 2026 · D. OkaforOriginally on Geopolitics
The Dollar's Network Effects Are Not a Birthright
Reserve status erodes the way firms fail: gradually through workarounds, then suddenly through a crisis of confidence.
Jun 22, 2026 · L. MeyerOriginally on Geofinance
The Grid Is the Battlefield Nobody Budgets For
Interconnectors, transformers and control systems have become strategic assets — priced, targeted and defended like them.
Jun 20, 2026 · P. NordvikOriginally on Global Energy
AUKUS and the Industrial Base Question
Submarines are the headline, but the treaty's real test is whether three industrial bases can behave like one.
Jun 14, 2026 · A. Harrier