List of Geopolitics articles
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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha stands in front of Thai and U.S. flags with a hand on his hair as he waits to meet U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the Government House in Bangkok, on Nov. 19, 2022. U.S.-Thai Relations Have An Alliance Problem
Regardless of election results, Bangkok will keep leaning toward China.
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A U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicle is seen behind a U.S. flag during during a training session by U.S. soldiers in Nowa Deba, Poland. NATO’s Got a New Backbone
It’s time for the United States to prioritize members of the alliance that understand the Russian threat and are taking it seriously.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, standing behind a podium, speaks at a news conference at the end of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing in 2017. China Is a Loan Shark With No Legs Left to Break
Beijing’s conversion into a major creditor has upended international finance—and not in a good way.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi on April 15. Biden Hopes for Vietnam Breakthrough
Washington and Hanoi have been inching closer, but it’s a complicated dance.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers a keynote address at the American Bankers Association's (ABA) 2023 Washington Summit on March 21, 2023. Is Decoupling Destabilizing the Global Economy?
Major speeches from Janet Yellen and Jake Sullivan double down on Biden’s strategy of linking U.S. national security with economic policy.
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A sailor stands on the deck of the Russian ship Admiral Vladimirsky during an expedition to Antarctica. Russian ‘Ghost Ships’ Are Turning the Seabed Into a Future Battlefield
Baltic and North Sea nations are getting nervous about Russia’s unabashed surveys of infrastructure-laden seafloors.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron speak in the garden of the governor of Guangdong's residence in Guangzhou, China, on April 7. How Macron Is Blocking EU Strategy on Russia and China
As a strategic consensus emerges in Europe, France is in the way.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gestures toward his off-camera wife as he introduces her to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo. They are flanked by flags from the United States and Japan. Republican Hopefuls Flock to Asia to Burnish Anti-China Creds
China hawks spread their wings ahead of the 2024 election season.
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A Chinese flag flies outside a compound in Beijing to illustrate a story about how tensions between the U.S. and China threaten the global economy. Adam Tooze: When National Security Trumps All
How the reordering of U.S. state concerns could threaten the world economy as we know it.
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U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks and gestures during the daily press briefing at the White House. Washington Doesn’t Want You to Call It Decoupling
The United States hopes to redefine its economic relationship with China to prevail in the biggest strategic showdown of the century.
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Military members guard the outside of Guayas 1 prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 14, the scene of one of Ecuador's worst prison massacres in years. China Is Exploiting a U.S. Police Void in Latin America
Washington is the region’s top military partner but lags on civilian security.
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US Climate Envoy John Kerry speaks during CERAWeek, an international energy conference, in Houston, Texas, on March 6, 2023. John Kerry: ‘The IRA Is Working on Overdrive’
The U.S. special envoy for climate responds to critics of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Activists protest near the Presidential Office in Seoul on April 21, ahead of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s planned visit to Washington. A Nuclear South Korea Is a Dangerous Miscalculation
At their upcoming summit, Biden needs to let Yoon know there would be consequences for breaking Seoul’s nonproliferation promises.
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A worker walks past machinery that crushes rocks at the Mughulkhil chromite mine in Logar province, Afghanistan. China’s Got Afghan Fever, Again
Nothing says forever like the promise of Afghanistan’s mineral riches.
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Newspapers in Tehran feature stories about the China-brokered deal to restore ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia on March 11. Adam Tooze: A New Middle East?
How the reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia could reorder the region.
