List of Geopolitics articles
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People light candles during a silent tribute in honor of those killed during the recent Gen Z protests at the Maitighar Mandala monument in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 17. A Year of Global Protest
How Gen Z-led movements shaped 2025—and what comes next.
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Trump and Xi shake hands. 2025 Redefined the U.S.-China Rivalry
From trade wars to tech competition, this year was a vicious cycle of escalations, retaliations, and negotiations.
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A grid of four book covers on a yellow background The Books FP’s Contributors Loved This Year
Our favorite books—and reviews—of 2025.
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A framed portrait photograph covered with broken glass tilts to the right on an off-white wall, showing Munir wearing a formal army uniform. A silver flag pole with a pike on top stands in the foreground. Pakistan’s 27th Amendment Upends Its Nuclear Command
A constitutional reform throws restraint, deterrence, and regional stability into question.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to speak at the Kremlin in Moscow in this photo supplied by Sputnik. Putin Has Already Won
He’s exposed fatal divisions in the “West” even as Russians still back his Ukraine invasion.
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Guests look at a model of the largest data center in the UAE under construction in Abu Dhabi as the Stargate initiative, a joint venture between G42, Microsoft, and OpenAI, during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi on November 3, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images) The Geopolitics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are investing capital right when the world values geopolitical swing states.
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Vietnamese President Luong Cuong and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Hanoi Vietnam Tries to Escape the U.S.-China Trap
Hanoi has been quietly expanding partnerships beyond the Indo-Pacific.
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Trump, Hegseth, Rubio, and other officials sit at a table with papers and namecards in front of them. Hegseth has one hand raised and his mouth open as he speaks. Beside him, Trump is blinking and frowning. The Only War the White House Is Ready for Is Culture War
The new U.S. National Security Strategy is a moral and strategic disaster.
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An illustration shows two men against a bright yellow background. One man wears a Western-style business suit and the other wears a black robe and white head covering. The men are shaking hands. Each holds a briefcase with money spilling out, the left man's briefcase shaped like the United States' and the right man's like the Arabian Peninsula. The New Wealth of Nations
How instrumental capital is reshaping the world.
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Von der Leyen and EU officials listen to Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing Why China Didn’t Do a ‘Kissinger’ to Split Europe From America
Europe would have given almost anything for peace, but Beijing had a different calculus.
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A U.S. soldier with an automatic rifle stands on one side of a barbed-wire fence and points the weapon into a crowd of people on the other side. Many in the crowd reach their open hands out. Other soldiers stand nearby in camouflage fatigues with their own weapons. U.S.-Led Regime Change Is Usually Disastrous
The arrogance that led to Iraq now threatens catastrophe in Venezuela.
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A collage photo illustration showing Xi Jinping casting a long shadow on images representative of innovation: construction, semiconductor manufacturing, and robots, on a red background. Can Chinese Authoritarianism Stay Smart?
Beijing’s continued economic growth depends on a fragile balance of control and freedom.
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Marble statues of Socrates seated in thought and a standing Athena atop a tall column, set against a bright blue sky. What Is ‘the West’?
The idea of a cohesive West is fading, but a new book finds that the concept endures.
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi waits Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on Sept. 9. India’s Strategic Autonomy Is Now Reading as Aloof
Why 2025 has been Modi’s most difficult foreign-policy year.
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Takaichi sits at a desk with a microphone behind a placard that says "Japan." She wears a white business jacket and is holding a plastic folder. Japan’s New Prime Minister Is Already Facing Her First Crisis
Sanae Takaichi may be relishing confrontation with China.
