List of Geopolitics articles
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen pose for photographs at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 3. After Pelosi’s Visit, Most of the Indo-Pacific Sides With Beijing
Almost the entire region backs China—but the regime’s behavior has also crystallized support for Taiwan.
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A pro-China protester steps on a defaced photo of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a demonstration against her visit to Taiwan in Hong Kong on Aug. 3. How Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Gambit Backfired
Beijing’s shock-and-awe military response has created a new normal in East Asia.
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A Chinese aircraft carrier sails with other ships during a military drill in the East China Sea in April 2018. More Chinese Military Bases in Africa: A Question of When, Not If
Beijing has been increasingly clear about its global military ambitions.
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A military plane is shown over a sandy landscape. The United States Is Deeply Invested in the South China Sea
As China postures, Washington remains committed.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping in front of a Chinese flag at a ceremony in Hong Kong. What Does China Want?
Beijing’s ambitions are about to crash into its problems.
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British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak during a G-7 foreign ministers' summit in Liverpool, England, on Dec. 12, 2021. Liz Truss Is Ready to Flex London’s Muscles Abroad
Britain’s likely next prime minister is a foreign-policy hard-liner.
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A Chinese military vessel sails off Pingtan Island, one of China's closest points to Taiwan, on Aug. 5. China’s Military Exercises Aren’t a Crisis—Yet
Analysts have been keen to make comparisons to tensions in 1996.
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A group of German children stand atop building rubble to cheer a U.S. cargo plane as it flies over a western section of Berlin in 1948 as American and British forces airlift food and supplies to after Soviet forces surrounded and closed off the besieged city. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Why Superpower Crises Are a Good Thing
A new era of tensions will focus minds and break logjams, as Cold War history shows.
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks. What Does Nancy Pelosi Think She’s Doing in Taiwan?
A risky trip seems more about dramatic gestures than actual help.
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Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) meets with Pacific Islands Forum PIF Secretary General Henry Puna. China’s Pacific Push Is Backfiring
An aggressive diplomatic strategy hasn’t produced many results.
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New U.S. citizens wave American flags at a naturalization ceremony, welcoming more than 7,200 immigrants from over 100 countries on March 20, 2018 in Los Angeles, California The U.S. Needs a Million Talents Program to Retain Technology Leadership
Immigration is the United States’ secret sauce—including in its competition with China.
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Kiribati’s seat sits empty at the Pacific Islands Forum. U.S. Raises the Ante in Pacific Islands After Chinese Swoop
But the Pacific Islands are loath to be pawns in a geopolitical game.
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Then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter (right) talks with Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia and one of his ministers at the White House in Washington in 1977. Biden Should Revive the Carter Doctrine for the Middle East
In a new era of superpower conflict, Washington needs to recommit to the region.
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A soldier of the Swedish Army's P18 Gotland Regiment takes part in a field exercise near Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland on May 17. With Finland and Sweden in NATO, the U.S. Can Finally Pivot to the Pacific
Washington has a golden opportunity to finally do less in Europe.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders pose for a photo during the NATO summit in Madrid on June 29. NATO’s New Division of Labor on Russia and China Won’t Be Easy
The bloc’s formal designation of Beijing as a threat is just a first step. Now comes the hard part.
