GEOPOLITICAL REPORT
By Gustavo de Arístegui January 22, 2026. Over the past 24 hours, the geopolitical chessboard has been dominated by President Trump’s reversal on Greenland, the economic impact of that about-face, new macroeconomic data from Asia and Europe, and the consolidation of a European security architecture increasingly distrustful of Washington. Attention has shifted to the Arctic, […]
DAILY INTELLIGENCE REPORT
By Gustavo de Arístegui 21 January 2026 The events of the past 24 hours condense—almost to the point of caricature—the tensions shaping the beginning of 2026: a President Trump who has turned Greenland into a litmus test of power and tariffs; a Europe attempting to respond without breaking the transatlantic bond; a peace architecture for […]
GEOPOLITICAL REPORT
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 By Gustavo de Arístegui I. INTRODUCTION The events of the last 24 hours condense the tensions of this early 2026 almost to the point of caricature: a President Trump turning Greenland into a touchstone of power and tariffs; a Europe attempting to respond without fracturing the transatlantic bond; a peace architecture […]
GEOPOLITICAL REPORT
By Gustavo de Arístegui, as published by Negocios. 20 January 2026 I. BRIEF INTRODUCTION The news cycle of 19–20 January 2026 is marked by a chain of events that together shape a geopolitical landscape of extraordinary complexity and tension. U.S. President Donald Trump has triggered an unprecedented diplomatic escalation with his European allies by publicly […]
GEOPOLITICAL REPORT
By Gustavo de Arístegui, as published by Negocios. 20 January 2026 I. INTRODUCTION The past 24 hours condense—almost to the point of caricature—the tensions marking the start of 2026: a President Trump who has turned Greenland into a touchstone of power and tariffs; a Europe attempting to respond without breaking the Atlantic bond; a peace […]
GEOPOLITICAL REPORT
By Gustavo de Arístegui, as published by Negocios. 19 January 2026 1. BRIEF INTRODUCTION The international chessboard is entering a phase of permanent friction in which, rather than isolated crises, we are witnessing a chain reaction of shocks: Washington is hardening its economic standoff with Europe and redrawing the map of power in the Middle […]
GEOPOLITICAL REPORT
By Gustavo de Arístegui, as published by Negocios. 12 January 2026 I. BRIEF INTRODUCTION The world wakes up to a fact that, on its own, explains the state of political combustion in which the Middle East is moving: in Iran, a human rights group is already counting more than 500 deaths in two weeks of […]
In the Arctic, decisive military and commercial corridors will open
By Gustavo de Arístegui, as published by La Razón. 11 January 2026 Greenland’s mineral resources shape its independence and security “Geography is destiny.”This maxim, attributed to Napoleon and refined by the founding fathers of geopolitics, has never been more relevant than when observing the map of the Arctic. For centuries, the North Pole was an […]
Greenland: Shock Doctrine, Strategic Maximalism, and Europe’s Mirror
By Gustavo de Arístegui, as published by La Razón. 11 January 2026 From an offensive realism perspective, the idea has internal logic and solid precedents. In 1867, the U.S. Department of State already explored the possibility of acquisition; in 1946, the Truman administration formally offered Denmark 100 million dollars in gold for the island. What […]
GEOPOLITICAL REPORT
By Gustavo de Arístegui, as published by Negocios. 9 January 2026 I. BRIEF INTRODUCTION The world enters 2026 with an explosive mix of ambition and fragility: Washington is testing a foreign policy of “fait accompli” (and doing so without embarrassment), Moscow responds with technological and psychological escalations, and the Middle East is experiencing social tremors […]