A ceasefire or peace between #Ukraine and Russia is not the end of the line. It will convert the war into a shadow war, like what existed between Israel and Iran until last year. And technology, be it drones or cyber attacks in space, will be the primary battlefield. A fantastic

Cutting the trade deficit used to be a worthy objective. But, in today's geopolitical climate, with the rising stakes, this is not even a Tier 3 (let alone Tier 1 or Tier 2) achievement. There are far bigger fish to fry.

A dangerous situation, especially as Ukraine and Russia seek a peace deal. Energy security outweighs many other concerns.

And this was pre-tariffs.

Anybody saying that India is turning away from Russian oil does not understand the basic numbers. India consumes around 5 million barrels of oil every day. Like China and Japan, #India is heavily reliant on imports. Between 80% to 88% of India's oil is bought on global markets.

Talk about a disparity.

The other country that did this a few years ago in preparation for a "big" geopolitical event was #Russia.

France will be at #BRICS next year in India.

Wow.

The Trump-Putin-Zelenskyy meeting was supposed to happen yesterday. That was the initial, proposed date out of the Trump-Putin summit, and then Zelenskyy's visit to the White House. For a brief moment, there was momentum. Talk was shifting from whether Kyiv would agree to

“We don’t sell them our best stuff, not our second-best stuff, not even our third-best." Them = China. In an interview, the US secretary of commerce said America does not sell its best chips to China. The strange remark was made as Washington restarts certain chip exports to

China's reliance on America is not the same as America's reliance on China. #Trade

A powerful survey on how Americans want the government to deal with #China.

The geopolitical environment is becoming more and more unpredictable. But it is not always about new wars. In Asia, China is coming to the defense of India after years of tension between New Delhi and Beijing.

The past two decades of trade: who called the shots?