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 | Nov 30, 2025 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Donald Trump does not simply claim to be a president who prefers peace. He presents himself as a uniquely effective peacemaker: the leader who can enter conflicts that have defeated conventional diplomats, threaten or charm the participants into agreement, and...
by Aseem Gupta | Nov 15, 2025 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Inside many electric vehicles is a motor capable of turning electrical energy into immediate, almost silent acceleration. Buried inside that motor may be a small collection of permanent magnets containing rare-earth elements such as neodymium and praseodymium....
by Aseem Gupta | Jun 28, 2025 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Western governments responded with one of the most ambitious sanctions campaigns ever imposed on a major economy. Russian banks were isolated, foreign reserves were frozen, technology exports were restricted, and Europe...
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...
