Asian Pivot Pending
By Peter Zeihan and Michael N. Nayebi-Oskoui There are many things that geopolitics teaches us. One of the more important lessons is that personalities rarely matter. The fate of peoples and [...]
Revisiting Iran
By Peter Zeihan and Michael N. Nayebi-Oskoui The White House has been strongly hinting for two weeks that President Trump is unlikely to “re-certify” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [...]
NAFTA’s Witching Hour
We’re about halfway through the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) talks and things…have taken a turn for the worse. Let me back up a bit. Wherever you land on the issue of trade [...]
Mexico’s Next Drug War
Urban violence has been a stable feature of the news and politics mash-up of the past year or so. Whether it’s the murder rate in Chicago, or the threat of immigrants and the call for a southern [...]
The Next Iraq War
Trouble is (again) brewing in Iraq. The Middle East is a wild and wacky place. The core issue is geographic: basic resources – especially water – are in short supply and resource competition [...]
Looking Ahead
I’m in the process of my annual reset. From time to time it is important to take a step back from the noise and splatter of the news cycle (and oh my has there been a lot of noise and [...]