Insights on the Iran Deal, BRICS and Handling a Crisis in Venezuela

January 29, 2019

Brazil is once again in the eye of a political hurricane, after President Jair Bolsonaro’s appearance at Davos and explosive revelations directly linking his clan to a criminal organization in Rio de …

BRICS – A Future in Limbo?

November 11, 2018

Opinion

Today it’s clear that fascist-turned Brazil is out – so we are at RICS. There is not much to argue about. The world’s fifth largest economy, Brazil, has failed and betrayed the concept of the BRICS an…

Welcome to the Jungle

October 31, 2018

Opinion

It’s darkness at the break of (tropical) high noon. Jean Baudrillard once defined Brazil as “the chlorophyll of our planet”. And yet a land vastly associated worldwide with the soft power of creative …

Bolsonaro Is a Pivotal Part of Trump’s Plans to Build “Fortress America”

October 30, 2018

Opinion

The election of Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s next president is a major step in the direction of Trump’s plans to build a “Fortress America” that he intends will cement the US’ hegemonic influence in the…

S-400s Don’t Solve India’s Geostrategic Dilemma

October 11, 2018

Opinion

The 2018 India-Russia summit may have turned out to be one for the ages. The stakes superficially centered on whether India would seal the acquisition of five S-400 missile defense systems from Russia…

Greater Eurasia Coming Together in the Russian Far East

September 13, 2018

Opinion

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were involved in a joint cooking venture. Pancakes with caviar (blin, in Russian), chased down with a shot of vodka. It just happened at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vla…

Putin’s Wedding Trip Seals Marriage of Convenience with Merkel

August 27, 2018

Opinion

It was supposed to be a low-key, traditional Austrian wedding until Vladimir Putin pulled up in a black limo. The bride was Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl, a top energy analyst and former pro…

Donglang/Doklam 2.0: Did China Make a Dummy Out of India?

August 19, 2018

Opinion

The creeping revival of last year’s Donglang/Doklam Drama proves that China did in fact make a dummy out of India at the time, but that India had in turn made a dummy out of the rest of the world by k…