by Aseem Gupta | Jun 19, 2026 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Introduction: The Suitcases of Gold In November 2020, two Canadians boarded a private jet at Yaoundé International Airport in Cameroon. Their destination was Dubai. Before the plane could take off, Cameroonian police searched the aircraft. Inside ten large suitcases,...
by Aseem Gupta | Feb 20, 2024 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
On June 23, 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union. The promise was simple, emotional, and politically explosive: take back control. Control of borders.Control of laws.Control of money.Control of trade. For many Leave voters, Brexit was never just an economic...
by Aseem Gupta | Jan 11, 2016 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
For almost half a century, the world lived with a strange contradiction. The United States and the Soviet Union never fought each other in a direct, declared war. No American army marched on Moscow. No Soviet army invaded Washington. Yet the fear of war was...
