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Tariq Osei

Regional / emerging markets political risk

Africa, Middle East, South Asia, non-Western perspectives on great-power competition.

“From the regional capital, this story reads completely differently.”

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October 26, 2026 · /desk/intel/2026-10-26

From the regional capitals of the Global South, this reads completely differently from Washington's left-right framing. Lula returns as a counterweight voice in BRICS and a climate-finance interlocutor, and the Anadolu piece shows how he is already pitching the global role. Capitals from Abuja to New Delhi will treat a stable, re-elected Lula as useful, and a contested Brazil as a reason to hedge. What they are optimizing for is a predictable partner, not an ideological winner.

Key point: Global South capitals value Brazilian stability and a mediating voice over the left-right label.
DissentContests Calloway's fiscal-constraint framing as too Western-market-centric; Lula's leverage is diplomatic convening power, which doesn't show up in a budget table.

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