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The World Looks Different Once You Understand Geopolitics

A former Japanese diplomat’s perspective on why geography still shapes our worldContinue reading on Medium »

In Asia, geopolitics has moved onto the deal sheet

Geopolitics of Intervention: Why Europe Faces a Domestic Reckoning

From Libya to Syria, Europe’s foreign policy decisions are reshaping its own politics at homeContinue reading on Medium »

Geopolitics is complicating the green transition – and China’s moment

The recent escalation in the Middle East has produced an unforeseen winner. The conflict has rekindled worries about logistics and energy security, prompting governments and busine...

Geoeconomics and Rethinking the Logic of Trade

Finance & Development has published a five-paper symposium on “Geoeconomics” (June 2026)., which is the idea that in a global economy, national security policy needs to be inco...

Geopolitics Smooths The Energy Transition Curve

One of the easiest ways to misread the energy transition is to stand inside one country and mistake local political weather for the global climate. A U.S. reversal, European permit...

The battle between heartland and ‘rimland’

Hal Brands and Michael Beckley write in Foreign Affairs about important geopolitical shifts. At first glance, today’s strategic map seems familiar. A bloc of land-based powers, clu...

Russia’s Geography of Fear: From Exposed Plains to the Ukrainian Frontier — Part I

Russia is vast in a literal, physical sense — stretching over eleven time zones from Europe to the Pacific, from ice to the Black Sea. As…Continue reading on The Geopolitical Econo...

Why Spykman’s Rimland Theory Was So Effective Against US Isolationism

Nicholas Spykman’s Rimland is the single most important geopolitical theory to come out of the USA. This is not an exaggeration. By…Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »

The Future as Politics: East Asia and World Order

Igor SevenardDownload PDFMay 25 2026IC Photo/DepositphotosWorld order is often described spatially, as states defends borders, build spheres of influence, contest maritime zones, s...

The Future as Politics: East Asia and World Order

Igor SevenardDownload PDFMay 25 2026IC Photo/DepositphotosWorld order is often described spatially, as states defends borders, build spheres of influence, contest maritime zones, s...

China-Asean relations are bigger than mere geopolitics

China-Asean relations are usually described in two ways. One emphasises danger: the South China Sea, US-China rivalry, military pressure and risk of Southeast Asia being pulled int...

What Small Countries Can Learn From Ukraine’s Experience

There is a quiet assumption that geography determines destiny.Continue reading on Medium »

Geopolitics now trumps supply and demand in box shipping, says KOBC

Geopolitics will have a greater impact on container shipping in the foreseeable future, than pure cargo supply and demand, according to the Korea Ocean Business Corp (KOBC). The sh...

When geography is destiny, Gulf states must diversify their defence, expert says in Dalian

The Gulf states should prioritise diverse defences and domestic capability-building to hedge against uncertain US commitments and volatility in the Middle East, according to an exp...