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What if Russia, China, and the U.S. were shaping our immediate future?
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What if Russia, China, and the U.S. were shaping our immediate future?
May 19, 2026

The future won’t wait. And while Western diplomats debate procedures and principles, someone – much further east – is already laying the foundations for tomorrow’s order.

The diplomacy of the Celestial Peace: How Beijing is shaping the New World Order
May 17, 2026

There is something deeply fascinating about Chinese geopolitics, something that traces its origins back to the ancient mythologies of China’s millennia-old civilization.

The diplomacy of the Celestial Peace: How Beijing is shaping the New World Order
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The victory of the Multipolar Triumvirate
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The victory of the Multipolar Triumvirate
May 17, 2026

China defies U.S. sanctions on Iran, declaring them void. With Russia and Iran, the multipolar triumvirate ends Western hegemony and reshapes global power.

Trump pays tribute to the Temple of Heaven
May 15, 2026

If all of us are magnanimous enough, we might infer that Xi and Trump agreed on a three-year stability framework.

Trump pays tribute to the Temple of Heaven
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The Emperor has no clothes and no cards
May 13, 2026

Business Shanghai is not exactly impressed by the arrival of the Emperor of Barbaria.

A new West Asia order is in the horizon
May 9, 2026

Virtually the whole planet will pay an extremely hefty price for the latest American Dementia.

A new West Asia order is in the horizon
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Has the handling of the Iran war divided the GCC permanently?
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Has the handling of the Iran war divided the GCC permanently?
May 7, 2026

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are both very much victims of the war, but each has an entirely different approach to finding a working solution – if the Trump-Iran deal holds.

Markets prematurely may celebrate, but the next phase likely will be more, bigger war
April 20, 2026

Trump’s tariff war will be seen in retrospect to be peanuts to the threatened strike on China’s supply lines.

Markets prematurely may celebrate, but the next phase likely will be more, bigger war
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