The return of ‘spheres of influence’
ALL EMPIRES and practically most great nations have their spheres of influence, areas and countries outside their actual borders that they consider to be...
Europe’s signal lag
THE BIG news last week was the spat at the Oval Office between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky arguing on...
What comes after the rules-based international order
IF THERE’S one word to describe the second Trump Administration’s foreign policy, it’s retrenchment.
The Trump team is trying to wind down American...
The new triumvirate: Bukele, Milei and Trump
ONE OF the biggest political developments of 2025 is the new triumvirate of Bukele, Milei and Trump. Their budding alliance/cooperation may have the potential...
An end to an open Western World?
BY NOW, everyone would have heard of US President Donald Trump’s deportations, his confrontation with those countries that would not accept their own citizens...
Will China invade Taiwan in 2025?
A COUPLE of weeks ago, satellite images revealed China had built specialized barges for amphibious operations.
Like the ships manufactured in the Normandy Invasion,...
Trump’s return
RECENTLY this week, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated the 47th President of the United States.
Trump started his second term by focusing on domestic...
China’s looming economic weakness
BY JED JALECO DEL ROSARIO
A LOT OF financial analysts are wary of 2025, and many think that a recession may be coming very soon.
China,...
When an empire fights itself
AS DONALD Trump’s second presidential inauguration nears, both his supporters and detractors are already making predictions about his second presidency.
Most of these are...
2025’s financial problems
YEAR 2025 could start with a global financial downturn.
As of December 28, 2024, the Yuan, the Real, Rupee, the Korean Won and the...