Europe

Europe remains a central arena for global diplomacy, economic coordination, and security cooperation. Despite the achievements of the European Union, the region faces rising polarization, pressure from external actors, and ongoing strategic uncertainty. GCIRD analyzes these trends and their implications for Europe’s position in the world.

How the EU Rewires Supply Chains in a Fragmenting Trade System?

December 7, 2025

Global South Leadership and the Emerging Developmental Regime for AI Governance

December 7, 2025

Long Rates in a Fragmented Global Economy

December 6, 2025

A Global Energy Order in Transition: Why Renewables Accelerate Even as the United States Reverses Course

December 6, 2025

The Strategic Unraveling of the Global Commons: Space–Maritime Entanglement in 2025

Growing turbulence in the maritime and space domains is reshaping strategic competition, as disruptive tactics, fragile infrastructure and shifting industrial power undermine long-standing assumptions about global stability. The emerging contest is defined less by open confrontation than by persistent ambiguity and pressure that steadily reshapes the balance of influence.

The Strategic Unraveling of the Global Commons: Space–Maritime Entanglement in 2025

How the EU Rewires Supply Chains in a Fragmenting Trade System?

Global South Leadership and the Emerging Developmental Regime for AI Governance

Trade in Financial Times and the New Fault Lines of Globalisation

by david

The Fifth Industrial Front and the Contest for Power and Work

Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

Reclaiming Relevance: A Strategic Agenda for the EU in the Indo-Pacific

Dragged into great-power rivalry but still hungry for room to manoeuvre, Indo-Pacific states are quietly reshaping the regional order. The piece follows how...

by Amin Nouri

December 6, 2025

Liquidity Wars and the New Politics of Supply Chains

Digital platforms that finance invoices and pay suppliers early are quietly becoming one of the strongest levers in the global economy. As great...

by Amin Nouri

November 25, 2025

Trade in Financial Times and the New Fault Lines of Globalisation

Tariffs are returning just as tighter global credit and a powerful financial cycle come to dominate world trade. The convergence of weaponised trade...

by david

November 25, 2025

The Fifth Industrial Front and the Contest for Power and Work

The next industrial revolution is not just about smarter factories but about geopolitics and social order. This essay argues that the shift from...

November 25, 2025

Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

Rising temperatures are exposing not only a failure of ambition but a failure of governance. This essay argues that climate policy is a...

November 25, 2025

Rare Earths and the Hard Edge of Interdependence

China’s grip on rare earth processing has turned obscure minerals into one of the sharpest tools in its strategic contest with the United...

November 25, 2025

How circular economy is colliding with global trade and climate politics

Circular economy is no longer a recycling sideshow. Trade in scrap metals, plastics and used components is turning into a strategic arena where...

November 25, 2025

Europe’s circular economy agenda as international strategy

Circular economy has moved from technical jargon to a lever of power. The EU now uses rules on design, repair, waste and materials...

November 25, 2025

Hierarchy, Dependence and United States Foreign Military Sales in the Contemporary Security Order

The United States now provides nearly half of global major weapons exports, and its Foreign Military Sales programme has become a central tool...

November 23, 2025

Navigating a New Energy Investment Landscape

Global energy is shifting from a cheap-capital, Paris-era boom in renewables to a harder, more fragmented investment landscape where security, cost and competitiveness...

November 23, 2025

Europe

How the EU Rewires Supply Chains in a Fragmenting Trade System?

Global South Leadership and the Emerging Developmental Regime for AI Governance

Long Rates in a Fragmented Global Economy

A Global Energy Order in Transition: Why Renewables Accelerate Even as the United States Reverses Course

The Strategic Unraveling of the Global Commons: Space–Maritime Entanglement in 2025

The Strategic Unraveling of the Global Commons: Space–Maritime Entanglement in 2025

How the EU Rewires Supply Chains in a Fragmenting Trade System?

Global South Leadership and the Emerging Developmental Regime for AI Governance

Trade in Financial Times and the New Fault Lines of Globalisation

The Fifth Industrial Front and the Contest for Power and Work

Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

Reclaiming Relevance: A Strategic Agenda for the EU in the Indo-Pacific

Liquidity Wars and the New Politics of Supply Chains

Trade in Financial Times and the New Fault Lines of Globalisation

The Fifth Industrial Front and the Contest for Power and Work

Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

Rare Earths and the Hard Edge of Interdependence

How circular economy is colliding with global trade and climate politics

Europe’s circular economy agenda as international strategy

Hierarchy, Dependence and United States Foreign Military Sales in the Contemporary Security Order

Navigating a New Energy Investment Landscape

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