The Yen Carry Trade Unwind: How Japan Could Accidentally Crash Global Markets
The yen carry trade has pumped over $4 trillion into global markets — but as Japan raises interest rates, the unwinding of these positions threatens…
Category: Geopolitics
The Petrodollar Is Dead — What Replaces It Will Reshape Everything
The 50-year petrodollar system that underpinned American hegemony is fracturing as Saudi Arabia accepts yuan, BRICS builds alternative settlement rail…
What Is SWIFT and How Does It Work?
GEOPOLITICS FINANCE KEY TAKEAWAYS SWIFT is a messaging network, not a payment system — it tells banks what to do, but doesn’t actually move money…
The New World Order Has Already Begun: Simon Dixon on What’s Coming
Geopolitics · Finance Key Takeaways The transition from the dollar-dominated unipolar system to a multipolar financial order is not hypothetical — it is already underway…
Strait of Hormuz Explained: Why It Controls the World Economy
Geopolitics · Energy Key Takeaways Roughly 21 million barrels of oil pass through the Strait of Hormuz daily — about 21% of global petroleum consumption…
BRICS Explained: What It Is and Why It Matters
Geopolitics Key Takeaways BRICS began as an acronym coined by a Goldman Sachs economist in 2001 — it became a geopolitical bloc two decades later…
What Is the Petrodollar? How Oil, Dollars, and Power Are Connected
The petrodollar explains why the dollar is the world's reserve currency, why America can borrow without limit, and why the Middle East matters so much…
The Fracture: Why Trump and Netanyahu’s Split Over Iran’s Energy Infrastructure Changes Everything
Netanyahu says Israel 'acted alone' in striking Iran's gas fields. Trump publicly rebuked the attack. The most significant crack in the US-Israel war …
Geopolitics in 2026: The Forces Reshaping the World Order
The unipolar moment is over. BRICS, de-dollarisation, the Ukraine war, the US-China rivalry, and the Global South's strategic autonomy — the five fa…
China vs USA: The AI Arms Race and What It Means for the Global Economy
DeepSeek wiped $600B from Nvidia in a day. Export controls slowed but didn't stop China. The US-China AI race explained — and what it means for inve…