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  • How EU-Russia Trade Collapsed Under the Weight of Geopolitics

    Economic Interdependence For more than two decades, trade between the European Union and Russia could be presented as a textbook example of economic interdependence. The European Union was the largest importer of Russia’s energy exports and natural resources such as oil and gas, growing dependent on these essential imports to power European industry and deliver…

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  • China’s Four Global Initiatives.

    China has recently become one of the primary forces for global leadership against a backdrop of uncertainty. Although the global order has become more interconnected than ever before, the turbulent geopolitical landscape does not have a functioning framework to guide world society on a clear path to properly interact and navigate with each other. Developments…

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  • Donju: North Korea’s NEPMen

    North Korea is quite possibly one of, if not the last, traditional socialist planned economies that exist on earth. However, with all the state governance and control over the country’s political economy, an entrepreneur class has emerged called the “donju.” In some respects, they are akin to the Soviet Nepmen during the New Economic Policy…

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  • Energy Infrastructure in Warfare: Ukraine-Russia

    The war between Russia and Ukraine continues into another year with no clear signs of a ceasefire. Attacks on important energy infrastructure within civilian zones have become a prevalent feature of the conflict, especially during the colder months. There have been surgical strikes on Ukraine’s power grid, which have had an immense effect on civilian…

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  • Russia’s Economic Outlook for 2026 – Brief Overview.

    It is a new year in Russia, and it is of no surprise to anyone familiar with world news or current events that the country’s economy is standing at a crossroads. Several factors are weighing the Russian economy down, including slow growth, persistent inflation, and the lingering effects of Western sanctions implemented due to the…

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