Why Greenland, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia Reveal the Real Global Hierarchy

Racialization in Geoeconomics

By AI TV INFO | GeoEconomics & Power Systems Desk — January 19, 2026

Executive Summary

The global economy is not divided neatly into “white oppressors” and “non-white victims.” Instead, it operates as a tiered hierarchy where ethnicities, sovereignty, and access to capital intersect to determine who is empowered and who is exploited.

From the Arctic to the Middle East, Greenland, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia reveal how “race”, autochthony, and state power interact in modern geoeconomics. Understanding this hierarchy is crucial for decoding global resource flows, strategic alliances, and the future of territorial sovereignty.

A. The Tiered Structure of Global Power

Geoeconomic power is hierarchical, not binary. The world can be understood as three interlocking tiers:

Tier 1 — Core Rule-Makers

• U.S., Western Europe

• Control global finance, military standards, narratives, and institutions

• “European phenotype” historically linked with systemic authority

Tier 2 — Strategic Intermediaries (Client Elites)

Examples:

• Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar), Singapore, Israel

• “Non-white”, semi-peripheral powers

• Sovereignty protected through alignment with core powers

• Manage resources and industrial chains on behalf of Tier 1

Tier 3 — Managed Resource Territories

Examples:

• Venezuela, Congo, Bolivia, increasingly Greenland

• Autochthonous populations with limited political leverage

• Economically and politically dependent, highly exposed to extraction

Insight: Saudi Arabia occupies a middle ground (racialized but strategically aligned), while Greenland and Venezuela remain vulnerable to external coercion.

B. Why Saudi Arabia Is Treated Differently

Although Saudis are “non-white” and part of the Global South, they retain structural advantages that Greenland and Venezuela do not:

1. Elite Alignment with Core Powers

• Militarily integrated with the U.S.

• Financially embedded in Western markets

• Politically aligned with core security priorities

This alignment grants conditional sovereignty, a buffer against exploitation.

2. Control Over Capital, Not Just Resources

• Saudi Arabia controls its own oil production (OPEC+), pricing, and refining infrastructure

• Greenland and Venezuela lack the same control over capital, pricing, and downstream processing

Extraction becomes exploitative when resources exist but capital and technology are controlled externally.

3. State Power vs Autochthony

• Saudi Arabia: centralized, elite-led, globally legible state

• Greenland: small, autochthonous population governed through historically external institutions

In racialized systems, statehood buffers the effects of “race”, whereas autochthony does not.

C. Saudi Arabia as a “Racialized Partner”

• Saudi Arabia is racialized, yet sovereignty is tolerated because it was able to implement a system to manage its resources effectively and aligns with global power

• Greenland is racialized and treated as a strategic object: sovereignty is negotiable, local preferences marginalized

• The difference is decisive: capacity, capital control, and alliances mediate racialized extraction

D. Greenland, Venezuela, and the Global South Logic

Saudi Arabia’s involvement in Greenland’s mineral chain illustrates the classic semi-peripheral model:

1. Greenland supplies raw minerals (rare earths, uranium, nickel)

2. Saudi Arabia processes and upgrades them (refinery and logistics)

3. The U.S. captures final strategic value (defense, AI, high-tech)

Greenland functions as a managed resource “territory”, Saudi Arabia as a buffer, and the U.S. as the core.

E. “Race” Operates Through Function, Not Alone

• In modern geoeconomics, “race” matters indirectly:

  • Determines who is trusted with autonomy

  • Influences assumptions about governance and capability

• Saudi Arabia can manage, Greenland cannot

• Greenland’s Inuit population—autochthonous and non-European—is vulnerable precisely because capital, alliances, and coercive capacity are lacking

F. AI TV INFO’s Key Insight 

The takeaway is clear:

“Non-white” societies gain protection from racialized extraction only when they control capital, security, and narrative alignment.
Saudi Arabia does. Greenland does not. Venezuela lost it.

“Race” matters—but it is mediated by power, not determinative on its own.

G. Bottom Line

Saudi Arabia does not disprove the racialization argument—it confirms it.

Greenland is treated like the Global South not because of latitude or GDP, but because:

• It is resource-rich

• Its population is autochthonous and lacks elite leverage

• Global hierarchies assume its governance is negotiable

H. Public Sentiment in Greenland

• 56% favor eventual independence from Denmark (2025 polls)

• 6% support U.S. control

The fear is not development—it is being absorbed into external agendas.

Conclusion: The Arctic as the New Geoeconomic Frontier

In 2026, Greenland has transitioned from a frozen periphery to a central node in global geoeconomics. Its challenge mirrors that of many Global South nations:

How to turn resources into sovereignty — without surrendering either, while navigating a racialized and hierarchical global order.

The world is watching: will Greenland become a model of resource-driven independence, or the Arctic’s first 21st-century neocolonial case?

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