The New Energy Map: Why Central Asia is China’s Strategic Insurance Policy
While global markets panic over the Strait of Hormuz, a quiet tectonic shift is occurring in the heart of Eurasia. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan are no longer just “former Soviet republics”—they are the pillars of a new energy corridor that bypasses both Western sanctions and Middle Eastern volatility. The End of the Russian Monopoly For […]
The Resource Curse in Real-Time: Iraq’s Flaring Crisis and the Iran Dependency
By Ken Silverstein Iraq is currently a study in geopolitical irony. It holds the world’s fifth-largest proven oil reserves, yet it cannot reliably keep the lights on in Baghdad or fully pay its government workers. As I explored in my latest column for Forbes, the “resource curse” is no longer just an academic theory—it is […]
The Infrastructure Contest That Will Decide Global Power
While reporting from the Panama Canal recently, I watched massive container ships navigate the Gatun Locks—a century-old testament to American engineering and global influence. But standing there, it became clear that the geopolitical contest of this century has shifted. It’s no longer just about military might or political ideology; it’s about “connectography”—who builds the ports, […]