Global Power Shift Dashboard
Tracking the quiet redirection of global power through trade patterns, capital flows, and bloc realignments. BRICS expansion versus G7 coordination.
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Trade Settlement Share
Year-over-year change in global trade settlement by currency denomination
BRICS+ vs G7 Comparison
BRICS+
Members:
Strengths
- • Manufacturing capacity
- • Commodity resources
- • Population size
- • Growing middle class
Weaknesses
- • Internal tensions
- • Currency fragmentation
- • Infrastructure gaps
- • Governance disparities
G7
Members:
Strengths
- • Financial infrastructure
- • Technology leadership
- • Institutional trust
- • Reserve currencies
Weaknesses
- • Aging demographics
- • Resource dependency
- • Industrial offshoring
- • Debt levels
Capital Flow Patterns
Country Vulnerability Index
| Country | Exposure Score | Primary Category | Risk Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 78 | Energy dependency | high |
| South Korea | 72 | Trade concentration | high |
| Japan | 65 | Resource imports | high |
| China | 55 | Tech decoupling | medium |
| India | 45 | Energy imports | medium |
| Brazil | 32 | Export commodity focus | medium |
| USA | 28 | Manufacturing gaps | medium |
| UAE | 22 | Diversification progress | low |
Exposure scores based on trade concentration, resource dependency, and supply chain vulnerabilities.
Resource vs Financial Leverage
Power comes in two forms: control over physical resources (hard power) and control over financial infrastructure (soft power). BRICS+ holds commodity leverage while G7 maintains financial system dominance.
BRICS+
G7
Strategic Alignment Tracker
Key swing states whose alignment choices will shape the emerging multipolar order. Strategic neutrality vs forced alignment.
| Country | Traditional Alignment | Current Status | Trajectory | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | G7 | Non-aligned | BRICS-leaning | Petrodollar pivot |
| Turkey | G7 (NATO) | Non-aligned | Balancing | Corridor state |
| Indonesia | Non-aligned | Non-aligned | BRICS-curious | Manufacturing hub |
| Mexico | G7-aligned | G7-aligned | Stable | Nearshoring beneficiary |
| Vietnam | Non-aligned | Non-aligned | G7-leaning | China+1 destination |
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