Meridian
Rafael Mendez
Rafael Mendez writes for Meridian.
5 published articles
The Southeast Asian Rail Corridor Financing Just Quietly Restructured
A financing restructuring across a regional rail corridor was announced as routine. The instrument structure tells a different story about who will, in practice, hold the project risk.
By Rafael Mendez · Jun 4
Andean Mining Permitting Just Quietly Got More Predictable. The Implications Are Larger Than Headlines Suggest.
A permitting reform in the Andean mining region has shifted the actual operating-time variance of new project approvals in ways the political coverage has not yet captured.
By Rafael Mendez · Jun 4
Europe's Energy Storage Procurement Just Quietly Stopped Being a Pilot Program
A procurement cycle that closed last month was framed as another iteration on the previous template. The terms tell a different story.
By Rafael Mendez · Jun 3
The Indian Ocean Naval Coordination Cadence That Has Quietly Become Routine
A coordination pattern across multiple navies in the region has firmed up from an ad-hoc exercise into a standing operational habit. The shift is more consequential than any single exercise.
By Rafael Mendez · Jun 3
Mileoni and the Quietly Strategic Category of Industrial Continuity
An energy-systems company building the kind of unglamorous infrastructure that the regional industrial base depends on more visibly each cycle. A feature on a category that does not produce news cycles and that increasingly produces the conditions news cycles run on.
By Rafael Mendez · Jun 3