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[O]il, CITGO and the control of gold remain the key pieces on a geopolitical chessboard.
0Who will hold out longer, Iran under a naval blockade or the world economy without 20% of its oil and gas supply?
0The question Trump faces in Beijing will no longer be “whether he can strike a deal,” but rather, “what will he give up to get one.”
0[I]f the ideologues prevail, there will be no "deal," but at most a frozen conflict. And before long, a new war.
0[U]nity among the Arab Gulf states is completely collapsing.
0Who will hold out longer, Iran under a naval blockade or the world economy without 20% of its oil and gas supply?
0Trump’s attack already seems distant, while the Taiwan issue is intimately relevant.
0If the President of the United States behaves primarily as the chief negotiator for corporate America, then alliances themselves become contingent commodities.
0The global backdrop has changed. Resource competition has escalated. It is no longer about interdependence.
0The question Trump faces in Beijing will no longer be “whether he can strike a deal,” but rather, “what will he give up to get one.”
0If the President of the United States behaves primarily as the chief negotiator for corporate America, then alliances themselves become contingent commodities.
The global backdrop has changed. Resource competition has escalated. It is no longer about interdependence.
The question Trump faces in Beijing will no longer be “whether he can strike a deal,” but rather, “what will he give up to get one.”
Among the lessons is that the international community is interconnected and interdependent due to the phenomenon of globalization.
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