This section of the Juncture Policy Glossary provides precise definitions for critical concepts in emerging markets starting with the letter ‘C’. These terms are essential for understanding the institutional shifts and regulatory frameworks that define today’s global policy landscape. Use these resources to gain clarity on the technical language used in our strategic analysis.
- Callable Capital
- Calorie Sovereignty
- Cap and Trade
- Capability Threshold
- Capacity Building
- Capital Account
- Capital Account Liberalization
- Capital Adequacy Ratio
- Capital Controls
- Capital Controls
- Capital Flight
- Capital Flight (Weaponized)
- Capital Market
- Capital Mobilization
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
- Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
- Carbon Competitiveness
- Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
- Carbon Emissions
- Carbon Leakage
- Carbon Markets
- Carbon Tax
- Carry Trade
- Catastrophe Bond
- Ceasefire
- Central Bank
- Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
- Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
- Central Counterparty (CCP)
- CFIUS
- CFIUS (Global) — International Investment Screening
- Chatbot
- Chip 4 Alliance
- Chip Supply Assurance
- Chiplet
- Chiplet Supply Chain
- Choke Point (Strait)
- Chokepoint
- Circular Geopolitics
- CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency)
- Civil Liberties
- Civil Service
- Civil-Military Relations
- Clean Tech Trade Conflict
- Clearinghouse
- Climate Adaptation Finance
- Climate Club
- Climate Conditionality
- Climate Disclosure Regime
- Climate Finance
- Climate Geopolitics
- Climate Industrial Base
- Climate Risk
- Climate Security Nexus
- Climate Stress Testing
- Climate-Resilient Debt Clause
- Closed-Weight Model
- Cloud Computing
- Cloud Computing
- Cloud Region Sovereignty
- Cloud Sovereignty
- Cobalt Supply Chain
- Cognitive Warfare
- Cognitive Warfare
- Collateral
- Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO)
- Commercial Bank
- Commercial Diplomacy
- Commodity Market
- Commodity Supercycle
- Commodity-Backed Settlement
- Common Framework Creditor Committee
- Common Framework for Debt Treatment
- Comparative Risk
- Competitive Authoritarianism
- Competitive Institutionalism
- Compute (AI)
- Compute Access Regime
- Compute Cluster
- Compute Governance
- Compute Sovereignty
- Compute Tiers
- Compute-for-Resource Swap
- Concessional Loan
- Concessionality
- Conflict Escalation
- Conflict Minerals
- Constitution
- Constitutional AI
- Contagion (Financial)
- Contagion Risk
- Content Authenticity Standard
- Content Delivery Network (CDN)
- Copper Demand (Green Transition)
- Correspondent Banking
- Correspondent Banking
- Correspondent Banking De-Risking
- Corruption
- Counterparty Risk
- Country Platform
- Country Programmable Aid
- Country Risk
- Credit Default Swap (CDS)
- Credit Default Swap (CDS)
- Credit Enhancement
- Credit Rating
- Crisis Governance
- Critical Infrastructure
- Critical Infrastructure Attack
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Critical Mineral Diplomacy
- Critical Mineral Refineries
- Critical Minerals
- Critical Minerals Supply Chain
- Critical Technology
- Cross-Border Capital Flow
- Cross-Border Payments
- Crypto Exchange
- Crypto Mining
- Crypto Regulation
- Crypto-Asset Seizure
- Currency Crisis
- Currency Peg
- Currency Pegs (Geopolitical)
- Currency Swap Lines
- Currency Swap Lines
- Currency War
- Current Account
- Current Account Deficit
- Custody Bank
- Customary International Law
- Cyber Deterrence
- Cyber Insurance
- Cyber Insurance Geopolitics
- Cyber Sovereignty
- Cyber Warfare
- Cyber Warfare
- Cybersecurity