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Stefan Wolff, The Conversation

Understanding the Trump-Zelensky faceoff: A fraught minerals deal with vague US commitments

It envisages the creation of a ‘reconstruction investment fund’ to be jointly owned and managed by the US and Ukraine.

Stefan Wolff, The Conversation
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Tetyana Malyarenko, The Conversation
· Mar 01, 2025 · 10:48 am
Greenland: Trump’s very serious bid to buy the island is for resources, strategic value

Access to Greenland’s minerals would give Washington more supply chain security and limit any leverage that China could to bring to bear.

Stefan Wolff, The Conversation
· Jan 14, 2025 · 09:42 am
India-China thaw, balancing act with West dilutes multipolar aspirations of BRICS bloc

Some other countries support a counter to the US-led bloc but many others, including India and Turkey, will gain from BRICS while keeping ties with the West.

Stefan Wolff, The Conversation
· Oct 29, 2024 · 07:30 pm

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Ukraine sliding towards all-out war despite mediation efforts

Fierce fighting in Donetsk over the past week shows the futility of the September ceasefire.

Stefan Wolff, The Conversation
· Jan 27, 2015 · 04:30 pm