Global South

Stretching across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and small island states, the Global South brings together countries with varied histories but shared aspirations for greater agency in world affairs. As these states seek new pathways for growth and representation, GCIRD explores the diplomatic, economic, and political currents driving their ascent.

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

Recasting the OIC: Türkiye’s Strategic Bid to Turn a Symbolic Forum into an Instrument of Collective Agency

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

Global South Leadership and the Emerging Developmental Regime for AI Governance

Recasting the OIC: Türkiye’s Strategic Bid to Turn a Symbolic Forum into an Instrument of Collective Agency

Trade in Financial Times and the New Fault Lines of Globalisation

by david

Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

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

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

From Chokepoint to Network in the Geopolitics of Rare Earths and US-China Rivalry

Rare earths have turned from obscure inputs into one of the sharpest tools in US-China competition. China still dominates processing and magnet production,...

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

Trump 2.0 and India in a Contest of Trade and Power

Trump’s second term has pushed US–India ties into a bruising tariff fight over Russian oil even as both capitals still see each other...

November 23, 2025

Busan and the Bargain Politics of the US China Rivalry

Trump’s second term has turned China policy into a rolling negotiation over tariffs, tech access and headline “wins,” with the Busan summit showcasing...

November 23, 2025

Trump, Pakistan and the Return of Transactional Bargains

Trump’s second term has pulled Pakistan back into Washington’s game as a supplier of troops, access and political cover in Gaza and Afghanistan...

November 23, 2025

Trump 2.0 and the Repricing of the US–Saudi Relationship

Trump’s second term has rebuilt the US–Saudi partnership into the main axis of Washington’s Gulf strategy, anchored in a new Strategic Defense Agreement,...

November 23, 2025

Fragile Integration in Syria’s Northeast

The October 2025 deal folding the SDF into Syria’s national army eases an immediate security problem for Damascus, Ankara and Washington, but leaves...

November 23, 2025

Global South

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

Recasting the OIC: Türkiye’s Strategic Bid to Turn a Symbolic Forum into an Instrument of Collective Agency

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

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

Global South Leadership and the Emerging Developmental Regime for AI Governance

Recasting the OIC: Türkiye’s Strategic Bid to Turn a Symbolic Forum into an Instrument of Collective Agency

Trade in Financial Times and the New Fault Lines of Globalisation

Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

Trade in Financial Times and the New Fault Lines of Globalisation

Climate Politics in the Age of Complex States

From Chokepoint to Network in the Geopolitics of Rare Earths and US-China Rivalry

Rare Earths and the Hard Edge of Interdependence

How circular economy is colliding with global trade and climate politics

Trump 2.0 and India in a Contest of Trade and Power

Busan and the Bargain Politics of the US China Rivalry

Trump, Pakistan and the Return of Transactional Bargains

Trump 2.0 and the Repricing of the US–Saudi Relationship

Fragile Integration in Syria’s Northeast

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