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#14 – Trump unleashes geopolitical turbulence
February 16, 2025 ๐จ๐ณ [News: Chinaโs Trump strategy] โmaking the domestic economy more resilient, reconciling with key neighbors, and deepening relationships in the global South.โ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-trump-strategy ๐บ๐ธ๐ฃ[NEWS – US Worldview shift?] Sec. of State Marco Rubio acknowledging or decreeing the end of the unipolar world: โItโs not normal for the world to simply have a…
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#13 – Non-Alignment – An urgent agenda
January 13, 2025 ๐จ๐ณ๐๐บ๐ธ [News: Trump, China and the three dollars problem] โFor more than a decade now, many developing countries have grappled with the problem of having their financial cycles determined in Washington even as critical components of their real cycle โ commodity demand and prices, for example โ are determined in Beijing. A…
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#12 – EU Tight-rope diplomacy, Trump 2, undersea cable cutting, and a grim climate agreement
December 2, 2024 ๐๐บ๐ธ [News: Trump, China and Latin America] โโ[Trump’s] tough rhetoric would pile pressure on Latin American countries to curb Chinaโs presence, while Beijing would have an incentive to double down, leaving domestic politics in the region deeply divided”โ https://www.ft.com/content/b9cfdae3-c276-4184-adbb-707c5e460fa7 ๐บ๐ธ๐จ๐ณ[News: US Chips pressure] โThe update, if accurate, shows the Biden administration is…