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The War Theocracy: The Instrumentalization of Faith in the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict
Sins washed away by blood on the front and a war against moral decay: Putin's Russia is not just occupying land, it is occupying minds.

João Pedro Nascimento
5 days ago2 min read


Why does Venezuela matter to the US? What's behind Maduro's capture?
Why did the world's greatest power decide to cross a border, arrest a sitting head of state, and assume the "stability" of another country? What really makes Venezuela a strategic target for the United States?

João Pedro Nascimento
Jan 55 min read


Russia in Africa: sovereignty, security, and dispute
Amid the erosion of the liberal order and the rise of a multipolar world, Russia has expanded its presence on the African continent. Between promises of sovereignty and accusations of destabilization, the continent has become one of the main areas of contention between Moscow and the West.

João Pedro Nascimento
Dec 18, 20256 min read


Diplomacy of Containment: migration, asymmetries, and conditioned agency in the peripheries of the International System
Borders don't close on their own.
They are negotiated, outsourced, and monetized through a diplomacy of containment, in which peripheral countries cease to be mere transit points and begin to act as involuntary managers of the security anxieties of central countries.

Paula Lazzari
Dec 16, 20255 min read


Opinion: Music without musicians? Art under threat from AI
The race for innovation has opened the door to a scenario where entire works are used as input for machines that produce faster, cheaper, and without recognition. Without transparency and without limits, AI threatens to redefine music as an industrial product, not art.

João Pedro Nascimento
Dec 5, 20253 min read


The Architecture of State Violence
In different corners of the world, violence has the same engineer: the State itself. The question is not why it shoots, but why it only appears when it is already too late.

Alisson Geovani Pinheiro
Dec 1, 202511 min read


The Cross and the Oil: what really lies behind Trump’s threat to Nigeria
Donald Trump's recent statement about an alleged genocide in Nigeria reopens the debate about the political use of religion in American foreign policy. Behind the moral discourse, strategic calculations emerge involving China, BRICS, and the balance of power in West Africa.

João Pedro Nascimento
Nov 11, 20255 min read


Brazil’s Green Paradox on the Eve of COP 30
On the eve of COP 30, Brazil displays its green paradox: it seeks to lead the climate agenda while authorizing oil exploration in the Amazon estuary. Between rhetoric and practice, the country is trying to prove that its energy transition is more than just a promise.

Paula Lazzari
Nov 5, 20255 min read


The New Brazilian Fiscal Architecture
The government's new fiscal package promises more than just numbers: it's an attempt to redefine what "fiscal responsibility" means in Brazil, not as a synonym for cuts and austerity, but as an instrument of balance with social justice. The question is whether this ambition will withstand politics, the market, and time.

Alisson Geovani Pinheiro
Oct 31, 20258 min read


Balance of Lula's visit to Asia
Lula's visit to Asia yielded positive balance: new agreements with Malaysia, a historic rapprochement with ASEAN, and a strengthening of Brazil's role as a strategic partner in Southeast Asia.

João Pedro Nascimento
Oct 29, 20255 min read


India, the new hub of AI?
India is not just embracing Artificial Intelligence, it is building its future.

João Pedro Nascimento
Oct 23, 20253 min read


International reserves and monetary sovereignty in times of systemic reconfiguration
The surge in gold and Bitcoin in 2025 reveals more than simple financial euphoria. It marks a historic shift in how countries manage their international reserves, signaling a weakening of confidence in the dollar and the advance of a more fragmented and multipolar monetary order.

Paula Lazzari
Oct 16, 20254 min read


11 Presidents in 25 Years: Peru's Institutional Collapse
Peru is experiencing an institutional collapse that goes beyond politics; it is the failure of a system where no government can last, Congress repeatedly overthrows presidents, and organized crime fills the void left by the State.

João Pedro Nascimento
Oct 14, 20254 min read


Digital silence and power: the Afghanistan blackout and the contemporary limits of freedom of expression
The Taliban's digital silence demonstrated that, in the 21st century, shutting down the internet is the new form of governing by fear. When power fears speech, censorship ceases to be an exception and becomes a method, and the blackout in Afghanistan reveals the lengths to which a regime will go to control not only what is said, but also what is thought.

Alisson Geovani Pinheiro
Oct 10, 20258 min read


Administrative reform - what is at stake?
Administrative Reform promises to modernize the State, but it could pave the way for historic setbacks. To what extent is reform worthwhile without distorting the essence of public service?

Luiz Henrique Depollo
Oct 3, 20259 min read


Digital Diplomacy and Power in the age of technological interdependence
In the age of technological interdependence, digital diplomacy has become a central instrument of power, capable of transforming technical standards into political influence and redefining international governance of the digital environment.

Paula Lazzari
Sep 22, 20254 min read


Energy and Coloniality in BRICS+: Contradictions of Global Governance
The global energy transition doesn't break with the colonial past, it updates it. Within BRICS+, the promise of cooperation clashes with struggles over power, technology, and control of Global South resources.

Paula Lazzari
Sep 4, 20253 min read


Germany 10 years after the refugee crisis: a crossroads between integration and restriction
One in four migrants in Germany is already considering leaving. This potential "brain drain" exposes a central dilemma: while tightening migration rules, Germany risks losing precisely the talent it needs.

João Pedro Nascimento
Sep 1, 20257 min read


Morocco and Western Sahara: what to expect?
Between Moroccan sovereignty and the Sahrawi right to self-determination, Western Sahara has been the scene of disputes over phosphate, fishing and regional influence for almost five decades.

João Pedro Nascimento
Aug 17, 20253 min read


Opinion: BRICS is not dead and Trump knows it
Although Trump has declared that "BRICS is dead," his actions, such as threatening tariffs and attempting to undermine the group's leadership in Brazil, show precisely the opposite: BRICS is a nuisance and remains relevant.

João Pedro Nascimento
Jul 19, 20252 min read
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