Geopolitics

(Moscow Bureau) – With the heightening of the current geopolitics, many African governments have increasingly welcomed economic, diplomatic, and security ties with Russia. And noticeably, Russia’s engagements in Africa rely on irregular means to expand its influence—reliance on military offerings…

In several interviews conducted by the excellent Glenn Diesen, the question submitted to his guests often concerned the reasons for Europe’s bellicose behavior toward Russia. The contrast is striking when compared to the other participants in the conflict. It is…

by Irshad Ahmad Mughal For centuries, the Arctic was humanity’s final frontier—a realm of perpetual ice, polar night, and the kind of cold that could kill a man in minutes. It was a place nature had reserved for itself. Not…

Canada challenges the United States, and the great lions watch as a trade dispute begins to shift the global chessboard “A great power demonstrates its strength when it can close a door. The world begins to change when those left…

Although the general public is not belligerent, the rolling of drums of war, the clomp of marching boots, and the clatter of breech-loaders grow louder. Under pressure from Trump, military budgets have begun an upward climb that is set to…

In several previous articles, I have explored the idea that many of what we call geopolitical conflicts may have much deeper cultural roots. We tend to understand the world through political positions: left and right, progressive and conservative, democracy and…

The New Walls of Power “25 U.S. states decided to go to court to challenge the legal authority used by the president to unilaterally modify U.S. trade policy…” “For centuries, empires built walls to protect their borders.” “In the twenty-first…

The Peoples Born with Scars and Searching for a Place Beneath the Same Sun In 1915, British writer William Somerset Maugham published Of Human Bondage, one of the great novels of the twentieth century. Inspired in part by his own…

“All power is born to fulfill a function. The problem begins when it forgets that function and decides to perpetuate itself above those it was meant to serve.” For centuries, humanity believed that power was simply the ability to prevail.…

The Invisible Architects of Global Power “Wars reveal visible power. But long before the first shot is fired, others have already drawn the map, financed the interests, and decided who will pay for the ruins…” Geopolitics is often portrayed as…