Geoeconomics
How the Belt and Road Restructures Its Loans
Chinese state lending to the developing world has shifted from building megaprojects to collecting and rolling over what it already lent.
Gabriela Montoya · August 1, 2026
Geoeconomics
Coverage of economics used as statecraft: tariffs, export controls, sanctions, investment screening and industrial subsidy programs, alongside the customs and shipping data showing where trade actually moved. Written for trade lawyers, supply chain planners, sovereign analysts and researchers of international political economy.
Geoeconomics
How Friendshoring Is Rewriting Global Supply Chains
Trade within blocs is growing faster than trade between them — a measured fragmentation whose costs land first on the countries being routed around.
Valentina Sokolov · July 28, 2026
Geoeconomics
How the WTO Dispute System Works Without an Appeals Court
The Appellate Body has been paralyzed since 2019 — the world's trade court still runs first instance, and workarounds patch what appeals used to.
Gabriela Montoya · July 23, 2026
Geoeconomics
How Export Credit Agencies Finance the World's Big Deals
When a developing country buys jets or builds a port, the lender of record is often a government — export credit is the quiet trillion-dollar layer of trade finance.
Gabriela Montoya · July 19, 2026
Geoeconomics
How the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Gets Tapped
The world's largest emergency oil stockpile sits in Gulf Coast salt caverns — drawn down by presidents, refilled slowly, and argued about always.
Gabriela Montoya · July 14, 2026