Amid fears over the consequences of maritime route closures, rising energy costs, and disruptions to supply chains, Gulf sovereign wealth funds are emerging as a key tool to contain and absorb the shock, benefiting from decades of massive financial accumulation. The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) manage sovereign assets estimated at US$6 trillion, mainly derived from surplus oil revenues.

The political landscape of the United States during the second administration of Donald Trump reveals a context of growing tension between foreign policy and domestic dynamics, marked by the overlap of institutional crises, intra-elite fragmentation, and challenges to governmental legitimacy. Far from representing an isolated episode, this scenario is embedded in a broader process of transformation in American politics, in which the erosion of traditional consensuses

The escalation in the Middle East reveals not only a regional conflict, but a structural crisis of the international system, marked by internal fractures in the United States, strategic divergences in Europe, economic contradictions, and the weakening of International Law, demonstrating that power and interests prevail over norms and traditional alliances.

The confirmation of the death of Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, announced this Sunday (03/01/2026) by the state communication network, was followed by a series of questions in both the international and domestic arenas, mostly concerning the stability of the Iranian regime and the impact of a forced power transition on regional security—especially in light of the attacks initiated by the Persian country against U.S. bases located in countries such as the United Arab Em

esde que o presidente Trump retornou à Casa Branca em janeiro de 2025, a ênfase nos minerais críticos como ponto de pressão de segurança nacional cresceu exponencialmente. Houve várias iniciativas da Casa Branca e legislativas destinadas a fortalecer a segurança econômica e nacional dos EUA nessa área – animadas pelos lemas de desregulamentação, investimento e financiamento.

The invitation extended by U.S. President Donald Trump to the leaders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to attend the 2026 G20 carries a well-crafted geopolitical rationale. The rise of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan on the international stage reflects a central aspiration for Central Asia to be more than merely a chess piece in the game of great powers—particularly as both countries present themselves as a “bridge” between Russia and the West, and as an energy and logistics hub lin