Allison Fedirka is co-founder of Allonia Group, a geoeconomic risk consulting firm focusing on critical minerals, supply chain integrity and energy transformation. She started the firm after gaining 20 years of experience in geopolitical analysis. Her career started with Stratfor where she was a Latin America specialist and subsequently the Latin America regional director. Later she helped establish Geopolitical Futures, where she served as director of operations and then director of analysis.
For most of our lifetime, the US has been the unrivaled center of gravity for international relations and the global economy. Now, however, the international system is reconfiguring itself at the same the US undergoes its own internal shifts. The result is a US that remains as engaged as ever in world affairs despite facing greater constraints. Understanding this framework helps explain seemingly unpredictable US behavior in global conflicts.