Beneath its desolate, icy expanse, Greenland holds huge untapped reserves of key raw minerals. Good luck getting them out of the ground. www.wsj.com/world/greenl...

What Trump Wants With Greenland Interest in the vast, ice-covered island reflects global scramble for the Arctic.

Beneath Trump’s push to assert control over Greenland lies the island's burgeoning geopolitical significance - and a whole lot of mineral riches www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Why is Donald Trump making threats over a currency that doesn't exist? @georgikantchev.bsky.social and I are on the case bsky.app/profile/geor...

Trump’s Threat Over an Imaginary Currency Risks Backfiring on the U.S. Dollar After his 100% tariffs warning to Brics nations, some economists say the president-elect risks accelerating the pursuit of alternatives to the greenback.

While the U.S. dollar is unlikely to be eclipsed as the primary trade and reserve currency anytime soon, the use of economic warfare under Trump threatens to accelerate the race to find replacements for the greenback, and to chip away at its supremacy www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Exclusive | China Is Studying Russia’s Sanctions Evasion to Prepare for Taiwan Conflict An interagency group set up in the wake of the Ukraine invasion has been reporting back to Beijing with lessons it can use in case of war and Western penalties.

China has a lot to learn from Russia sanctions. Despite policymakers underlining how different a China challenge would be, the set of sanctions discussed is very similar to Russia's: individual, financial sanctions and export controls.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Also, very much to be expected - Russia, after all, provides a rare real-life study opportunity in how sanctions work, or don’t, against a major economy

Exclusive | China Is Studying Russia’s Sanctions Evasion to Prepare for Taiwan Conflict An interagency group set up in the wake of the Ukraine invasion has been reporting back to Beijing with lessons it can use in case of war and Western penalties.

A Russian sanctions "sandbox": China has set up a study group and has been sending officials to Moscow to learn how Beijing could blunt Western sanctions in the event of an invasion of Taiwan. Our exclusive www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Setbacks for Russia, Iran and Hezbollah Turn Into a Catastrophe for Syria’s Assad The loss of Aleppo to Islamist rebels represents a stunning defeat for the Syrian regime, highlighting its dependence on enfeebled allies.

Here, @yarotrof.bsky.social is weaving together all the threads of what's happening in Syria - and why now.
"Now the conflicts of Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon all come together and overlap in Aleppo." www.wsj.com/world/middle...

The ‘Deathonomics’ Powering Russia’s War Machine Facing heavy losses in Ukraine, Russia is offering high salaries and bonuses to entice new recruits. In some poor regions, a military wage is as much as five times the average.

Going to war is now a rational economic choice in Russia’s impoverished hinterlands www.wsj.com/world/russia...