From supply chains and export controls to trade corridors and market access, the section explores trade as an instrument of power as much as prosperity.
The Hormuz crisis represents an ideal test of the latest research into the geoeconomics of global trade – as well as a source of insights for decision-makers in the business and policy spheres.
States are willing to subjugate business interests under the pretext of national security. Yet when the neutrality of straits are compromised, businesses and consumers bear the costs.
Arctic infrastructure investment, increasingly critical to the global supply of rare earth elements and other critical minerals, is subject to an emerging set of “gates” – permission, capital, and geopolitical alignment. Each gate is equally mandatory, eternally unstable, and mutually interlocking.
Geoeconomic leverage is an indispensable aspect of global politics and security in the 21st century, and scholars and statesmen should adjust accordingly.
Steel firms in the EU and ASEAN are increasingly shaped by geoeconomic pressures. They must prioritise resilience and strategic positioning above traditional market advantages.
