Tag "geopolitics"
2017 Preview: The lira and Turkey’s risky debt
The economic and political problems that Turkey faced over the past year are unlikely to disappear, and may become more acute.
Why the Mekong River is Asia’s next big investment locale
Japan’s $7 billion infrastructure investment deal is a move to expand markets and offset China’s growing economic influence in the Mekong River region.
Weekly Risk Outlook
Greece begins sending back migrants to Turkey. Peruvians head to the polls. Reserve Bank of Australia reacts to changes in AUD. Netherlands votes on EU-Ukraine agreement. All in the Weekly Risk Outlook.
Beware the dragon: China sets sights on regional dominance
It is time for analysts and scholars to view China as an expansionist rising power. Spurred by a wave of ambitious new leaders, including Xi Jinping, a spike in Chinese
Understanding Russia’s Syria pull-out
By GRI Analyst Nicolas Jenny and Senior Analyst Madeleine Moreau. Russia’s announcement this week that it “achieved its goals” in Syria came as a shock to the international community, as
What Gazprom’s new pricing strategies mean for geopolitics
As countries such as the United States and Australia continue to ramp up production levels of natural gas, state-owned entities and traditional market leaders such as Gazprom are turning to
China may have voted for North Korea sanctions, but this means little for the countries’ relationship
The UN has recently imposed its severest sanctions yet on North Korea in the wake of its recent hydrogen bomb test. However, even while Russia and China both supported the
Why the UK can’t afford a Brexit
In this debate, GRI asked whether or not the UK should leave the EU. Nandini Rao argues that the uncertainty caused by Brexit would hurt growth and diminish the UK’s
Assessing China’s strategy in the Middle East
President Xi Jinping’s tour of the Middle East reveals China’s willingness to expand its role in the region in order protect vital strategic interests in its quest to becoming a
Russia’s long-game in Antarctica runs political risk
Recent signals out of Moscow suggest the increasing consideration of Antarctica in Russia’s broader strategic vision, a destabilizing trend that risks triggering militarized competition among resource-seeking nations in a thus
