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Daily Memo: China’s Power Crunch, EU Relief Measures

Geopolitical Futures - October 13, 2021

China’s power crisis. Beijing is moving to liberalize electricity pricing in the country, while also surging imports of both coal and natural gas (including, notably, from Australia). Nonetheless, coal futures in China continue to probe new record highs. European companies with operations in China, apparently sick of being woken up in the middle of the […]

Explanations for the Labor Shortage

George Friedman - October 12, 2021

The current breakdown of the global supply chain threatens to change the future of the world. If this worsens, the fabric of the global...

Daily Memo: The ‘Taiwan Agreement,’ Russian Gas Games

Geopolitical Futures - October 6, 2021

Agreeing to disagree. U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke Tuesday and, according to Biden, agreed to preserve the "Taiwan agreement,"...

Daily Memo: Pyongyang and Seoul Talking Again, Algeria Recalls Ambassador to France

Geopolitical Futures - October 4, 2021

Call me maybe? North Korea has reopened a crisis hotline with Seoul, again. The hotline, which Pyongyang last restored in July in what was...

Daily Memo: China’s Blackouts, Japan’s Defense

Geopolitical Futures - September 29, 2021

China’s grid. China's electricity crunch seems to be getting worse. Rolling blackouts have reportedly begun in several major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai. The...

Daily Memo: German Election Results, Supply Chain Snags

Geopolitical Futures - September 27, 2021

German elections. Germany’s Social Democratic Party won the most seats in Sunday’s national elections, narrowly beating Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union. Both parties...

Daily Memo: US, UK, Australia Forge New Security Pact

Geopolitical Futures - September 16, 2021

Joining forces. British, Australian and U.S. leaders announced a new security partnership for the Indo-Pacific on Wednesday. The trilateral “AUKUS” program will focus on...

Daily Memo: More Missile Tests

Geopolitical Futures - September 15, 2021

Follow-up North Korean missile tests. North Korea followed up its cruise missile tests over the weekend with a test of something more familiar: short-range...

Daily Memo: China’s Recovery, No Chips and Surprise Trips

Geopolitical Futures - September 14, 2021

China’s economy sputters. A data dump coming Wednesday is expected to show slumps in several Chinese economic indicators in August, including industrial production and...

On Geoeconomics

Antonia Colibasanu - September 14, 2021

Last week, I spoke and moderated at several conferences in person – a rare thing since the pandemic began – whose topics ranged from...

Daily Memo: Missile Tests and Lots of Bilateral Talks

Geopolitical Futures - September 8, 2021

Korean missile tests. South Korea reportedly conducted a successful test of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile late last week. It’s a major leap in...

Daily Memo: New Figures on Chinese Exports, British Warships Deployed to Indo-Pacific

Geopolitical Futures - September 7, 2021

Humming along. Chinese exports continue to hum along, according to new August figures, despite deeply disruptive, pandemic-related closures at major ports and a number...

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