#geopolitical-strategy
Donald Trump’s tariff wars are not just about trade
The return of tariffs to the centre of American foreign economic policy isn’t simply a turn to protectionism. It signals something more consequential: the weaponisation of trade as geopolitical strategy. Ahead of an LSE event on trade Robert Falkner argues th…
A Battle of Wits, Not Metal: How Irregular Warfare is Preempting Convergence in the Indo-Pacific
Abstract The Indo-Pacific’s ‘battle of wits’ precedes any ‘battle of metal.’ Irregular warfare campaigns preempt Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) convergence by contesting sustainment, weaponizing escalation, reconfiguring theater geometry politically, and …
BEIJING’S PARADOX: Why Propping Up the Junta is Costing China Its Stability
In the high-stakes chess game of Southeast Asian geopolitics, the People’s Republic of China has long held the position that stability in Myanmar is synonymous with the survival of the military junta led by Min Aung Hlaing. For Beijing, the generals in Naypyi…