Geopolitics
The 2025 M&A Boom: Western Capital Consolidation and the Neo-Colonial Threat to Global South Development
Despite global economic turbulence, 2025 saw a massive surge in mergers and acquisitions, totaling $4.8 trillion with a sharp rise in mega-deals over $10 billion each. This represents a dangerous acceleration of Western corporate neo-colonialism, where unchecked capital consolidation threatens to dominate emerging markets and sideline the growth trajectories of the global south.
