North America
Intro
Spanning from the Arctic to the tropics, North America anchors global finance, security alliances, and production networks. Deep internal integration coexists with sharp political and economic asymmetries.
Background
Shaped by Indigenous civilizations, European colonization, and industrial expansion, North America evolved into a core engine of the modern global system. Post-1945 integration consolidated its dominance.
History
Indigenous civilizations and trade networks
European colonization and state formation
Industrialization and continental expansion
Emergence as global power center
Institutionalized economic and security integration
Present Day
North America hosts the world’s largest economy, dominant financial markets, and integrated manufacturing corridors. Governance dynamics are shaped by trade regimes, migration flows, and security cooperation.
Future Outlook
North America’s global position will depend on sustaining integration amid political divergence. Supply-chain reconfiguration, energy transition, and demographic change will define its trajectory.
Map
Articles
Closing the Strait of Hormuz: The Card Iran Holds — and What Holding It Cost
And there is no prediction on who’s winning this “Card Game,” is it?
The Cost of War: Hunting Mice with an Elephant
“An elephant which kills a rat is not a hero.” — How Iran’s asymmetric cost trap turned America’s strategic power into a financial liability.
Iran’s Retaliation in Cold War Mode
How Tehran could turn confrontation in the Gulf into a strategic cost trap.
Empire Thinking on Greenland
Why strategic access is sufficient — and why ownership rhetoric persists
Return to Babel: Language, Identity, and Belonging
How identity is filtered — not by law, but by design – and what it means to belong
Don’t Bet on the Bully: Why Europe Must Stop Investing in the U.S.
As European firms like Daimler, Volkswagen, and Siemens expand their investments in the U.S., they risk tying their futures to a volatile partner. Short-term economic incentives and a temporarily favorable exchange rate obscure deeper structural risks: political instability, panic-driven corporate culture, and growing protectionism. Europe is not dependent on the U.S. — not for gas, not for markets, and certainly not for leadership. Strategic autonomy begins with saying no.
How Donald Trump Could Win the Nobel Prize for Peace
Donald Trump, the dealmaker, the disrupter — could he still become a man of peace? What would it take? Humility!
Event Timeline
U.S. arrests Nicolás Maduro
U.S. forces arrest Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, removing him from power through external intervention.
China-United States Trade War (Trump I)
In 2018, trade tensions between China and the United States escalated into a sustained tariff and technology conflict, marking a turning point in bilateral economic relations.
Trump Meets Xi Jinping
U.S. President Donald Trump meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit, marking a high-level diplomatic engagement amid renewed economic and strategic tensions.
