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Industrial Policy and Imperial Realignment | Phenomenal World Asymmetries in global development

ICYM @iliasalami.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social & I wrote a piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social about the return of industrial policy, asking if it heralds the return of policy space for development, or just recreates new hierarchies. Check it out 👇 www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...

A Green Cold War In our era of global economic interdependence, the face of geopolitics has changed

Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
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This article is part of a forthcoming Special Issue "China in Compliance", edited by, and many thanks to, @matthewserie.bsky.social

@scwobservatory.bsky.social @beltandroadpod.bsky.social @madeinchinajournal.com

Shaina Potts, Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire - @dukepress.bsky.social, September 2024
www.dukeupress.edu/judicial-ter...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Second Cold War Observatory. newbooksnetwork.com/judicial-ter...

What did you do during the Trump times? If the US steps back from the brink and doesn't become a police state, its citizens will all have to answer that question.

Want to have an answer? Begin by reading this essay by
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social

t.co/p3siYH9YOY

Opinion | In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.

@kyleichan.bsky.social on the "Chinese century": While Trump touts tariffs and weakens America’s innovation engines, China surges ahead—dominating manufacturing, investing in tech, and forging a model that’s reshaping global power. The US risks irrelevance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...

We are living through a Second Cold War—one that’s not just about nations competing but about how that competition affects you. From the apps you use to the energy that powers your home, geopolitical ... TikTok video by Transnational Institute

@iliasalami.bsky.social on our essay for @tninstitute.bsky.social

www.tiktok.com/@ideasintomo...

Geopolitical competition is no longer a fight over territory, but rather a struggle for control of global networks. How can the global South & social movements navigate this new geopolitical terrain?

Up next!
@scwobservatory.bsky.social

The competition to control infrastructure networks is fueling 'corridorisation' - our co-founder & research associate
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social explains how this process unfolds in Laos and Indonesia.
t.co/P3uqvO3Mhn

It was a real pleasure talking with Seth Schindler and Jessica DiCarlo on Tajikistan's cotton fields as geopolitical sites:

www.tni.org/en/publicati...

Everything in this report is incredible. The chapter on state-capitalist geopolitics by Jessica DiCarlo et al. is a must-read for anyone interested in U.S.-China relations.

Great work @tninstitute.bsky.social @nickbuxton.bsky.social

@sethschindler.bsky.social makes the case for a critical urban political economy that foregrounds the Second Cold War and its urban dimensions
@scwobservatory.bsky.social
#aag2025

🚜 How do Tajikistan’s cotton fields reveal shifting power dynamics in Central Asia? Rural sociologist @irnahofman.bsky.social discusses the region’s evolving geopolitics—from Soviet-era soft power to today’s global rivalries.

🎧 Listen now: newbooksnetwork.com/cotton-centr...

Geopolitics of Capitalism | Transnational Institute Geopolitical rivalry is reshaping our planet as reactionary nationalists take power. Our 13th State of Power report explores whether this is the end of US imperialism and the beginning of a Chinese em...

TNI's annual State of Power just dropped. It includes essays from our Research Associates
@iliasalami.bsky.social @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social @steverolf.bsky.social @sethschindler.bsky.social Sean Starrs, and contributions from @adamtooze.bsky.social
& Walden Bello.

www.tni.org/en/publicati...

Geopolitics of Capitalism | Transnational Institute Geopolitical rivalry is reshaping our planet as reactionary nationalists take power. Our 13th State of Power report explores whether this is the end of US imperialism and the beginning of a Chinese em...

The new international competition aims "to reshape and exert control over the global economic networks that undergird globalisation", argue @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social & Steve Rolf in State of Power 2025 (ch 2): www.tni.org/en/publicati...

What does development aid have to do with geopolitics?

Quite a lot, as our Research Associate @jacktaggart.bsky.social explains.

The end of USAID has captured headlines; read about the long decline of development aid here: t.co/SpO4Cf2ceJ