List of Geopolitics articles
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A collage illustration showing U.S. President Joe Biden and leaders from Australia, India, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Vietnam, walking along a bright red landscape in front of a textural map of the Indo-Pacific region America’s Indo-Pacific Alliances Are Astonishingly Strong
Countries are balancing against China—just like a student of international relations would predict.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden hold a summit meeting at Filoli House in Woodside, California on Nov. 15. Why Xi Thinks He Got the Better of Biden
The summit may have calmed relations, but don’t expect that state to last.
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A member of the United Hindu Front holds a banner depicting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun during a rally in New Delhi on Sept. 24. Will U.S. Revelation of Plot to Kill Sikh Activist Strain Ties With India?
The public disclosure raises questions given the importance of the bilateral relationship.
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow. Russia Is the Loser in the Israel-Hamas War
Moscow’s decade as the arbiter of the Middle East is coming to an end.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping walks across a stage after speaking at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. The World Still Thinks China Is Rising
Polling shows Beijing is seen as powerful—and malign.
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A view of giant Komatsu trucks arriving with loads at the Chuquicamata copper mine, in the Atacama Desert of Chile. Living in a Material World
One of the defining features of modern supply chains is a distinct lack of human beings.
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U.S. President Joe Biden is seen in profile as he greets Chinese President Xi Jinping with a handshake. Xi, a 70-year-old man in a dark blue suit, smiles as he takes the hand of Biden, an 80-year-old man who also wears a dark blue suit. Taiwan’s Room to Maneuver Shrinks as Biden and Xi Meet
As the latest crisis in the straits wraps up, Taipei is on the back foot.
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Media delegates watch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, shown on a TV screen, address the Arab League summit in Jeddah. The World Won’t Be the Same After the Israel-Hamas War
The Middle East’s latest war will have widespread geopolitical effects.
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A barricaded street at night with a fire in the background an silhouettes of four people in front of it. The U.S. Is Preparing an Outsourced Invasion of Haiti
Repeated interventions have done nothing to aid Haitians.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speak to the media following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin. Kazakhstan’s Leader Makes Neutrality an Art
Tokayev is maximizing his opportunities by balancing Russia, China, and the West.
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A protester holds a placard reading "China Out" outside the Chinese Embassy in Manila. With Two Wars Raging, China Tests America in Asia
Beijing knows that Washington can ill afford a third geopolitical crisis.
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Supporters of Hezbollah gather at Ashura Square in the southern suburbs of Beirut to listen to the speech of the secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, on Nov. 3. Will There Be a Wider War in the Middle East?
How Lebanon, Iran, Egypt, Qatar, and other countries in the region are watching Israel’s war on Hamas.
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Five Azerbaijani soldiers in uniforms with guns and helmets stand guard as a car passes through the Lachin border station, leaving Karabakh to Armenia. A road stretches in front of the car with hilly terraced terrain in the distance. Azerbaijan’s Armenian ‘Corridor’ Is a Challenge to the Global Rules-Based Order
Revisionist autocracies are coordinating greater control of the Eurasian continent.
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Demonstrators, mostly women, wave Palestinian and Hezbollah flags and hold posters of former Quds Force leader Qassem Suleimani during a rally in Tehran. Iran Can’t Afford a Regional War
Leaders in Tehran can either seize the diplomatic opportunity—or face a potential threat to their own power.
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Two electric cars can be seen from above as they are lifted within a large, round elevator shaft. The shaft is surrounded by layers of metal platforms, a few of which have other cars parked on them. In the foreground, framing the view down the shaft, is a large metal grate that is visible in only the corners of the frame. What the EU Doesn’t Get About Economic Security
Shoring up the economy requires not just protecting the technologies of today but promoting those of tomorrow as well.
