Maria Claudia Nunes

Maria Claudia Nunes serves as a volunteer researcher at the Nucleus of Conjunctural Assessment (NAC), as technology specialist at the Naval War School (EGN) in Brazil, and a Political Science Professor’s Assistant in University of São Paulo. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from IBMEC and is currently pursuing an International Relations Master’s degree at University of São Paulo.

A Slow Erosion: The Uncertain Future of the Dollar

Recent developments from the conflict in Ukraine has brought to light a great deal of discussion surrounding the continuation of the American Dollar as...

Crypto’s Geopolitical Stress Test

It would have seemed far-fetched to affirm in 2009 that the fledgling cryptocurrency technology, in less than twenty years, would become a major political...

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Japan’s F-2 Fighter and the Challenge of Co-Developing Defense Capabilities with South Korea

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Greenland, and the Arctic Turn in U.S. Policy

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