Green BRI: Climate & Clean Energy Boom in 2025 and the Low-Carbon Pathway to 2026
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has always carried with it an aura of ambition. Launched in 2013, it was initially framed as a grand infrastructure strategy—railways, highways, pipelines, and ports connecting Asia, Europe, and Africa. For years, it was critiqued as “roads and loans” diplomacy, with critics warning about debt distress, opaque lending, and […]
Decoupling in Real Time: How REEs Became the Centerpiece of U.S.-China Tariff Battles
Trade wars are rarely about the products on the tariff lists. They are about leverage, power, and the deeper battle for the future. In the 2010s, U.S.-China tensions revolved around steel, aluminum, and soybeans. In the early 2020s, semiconductors and microchips defined the conflict. Now, as we step into late 2025, the new flashpoint has […]