by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 17, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we examine how Europe’s strategic identity is being tested as it stands at a crossroads between deeper alignment with a U.S.-led alliance and economic entanglement with China, amid rising tariff battles and an evolving doctrine of...
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 10, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we examine the accelerating disintegration of the postwar global order as President Trump’s sweeping tariffs threaten to unravel decades of economic integration and strain the transatlantic alliance, while scholars warn of a...
by The BlackSummit Team | Apr 3, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we explore the unraveling of the postwar order, including the deepening rift between the U.S. and its European allies, Trump’s aggressive trade policies, and escalating political turmoil in France and Israel. In Geoeconomics, we...
by The BlackSummit Team | Mar 27, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we examine Europe’s dramatic economic shift with the €800 billion “ReArm Europe” initiative, Turkey’s accelerating autocratization following the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire, and Russia’s expanding...
by The BlackSummit Team | Mar 20, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
This week in Geopolitical Concerns, we examine the growing alignment among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia—the so-called “axis of upheaval”—and its implications for global security, alongside escalating U.S.-Iran tensions as the JCPOA nears expiration. In...
by The BlackSummit Team | Mar 13, 2025 | Geopolitics & the Day After
In this week’s newsletter, our Geopolitics section explores the decline of American soft power under President Trump’s leadership, with a focus on his transactional approach to international relations and its impact on NATO. We also analyze Germany’s...