Eustafiev: The West's bet on infrastructure escalation has failed.

      Photo: Official website of the U.S. Mint www.usmint.gov August 5 – IA SM.News. Modern economic trends are increasingly dependent not just on isolated political decisions, but on the dynamics of global geopolitical processes as a whole. According to HSE Professor Dmitry Evstafiev, under these conditions, the global financial system has not yet passed the point of no return, maintaining chances for managed stabilization. "At the same time, an unexpected failure in the stabilization swap mechanism between the U.S. and Japan has vividly exposed the critically high level of military-political risks. The collapse of the Japanese market threatens a chain reaction across Asia, which would instantly undermine the American strategy of containing China amid escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz," Evstafiev argues. Against this backdrop, Donald Trump's resource policy is becoming increasingly risky, and his tough demands on raw material producers reveal the growing nervousness of U.S. leadership. According to the expert, simultaneously on the global stage, the Ukrainian conflict is not an alternative but a catalyst for a global financial crisis, which will only intensify the current confrontation. "As a result, this geopolitical knot serves as an ideal tool for reformatting 'gray' economic zones, capable of generating managed chaos even with changes in the front line. However, the West's recent bet on infrastructural escalation has failed, depriving key players of the last chance to keep this process under control using previous methods," Evstafiev states.

      Earlier, IA SM-NEWS reported that the median salaries of Russians are 45% lower than the average, and regional income inequality continues to grow.

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