geopolitics

Link is to archived New Yorker article.

Link is to archived New Yorker article.

Link is to archived New Yorker article.

Link is to archived New Yorker article.

Any military intervention in Niger to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be considered a "declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali", the two countries said in a joint statement Monday.

Russia’s war in Ukraine is already in its 17th month. In that time, President Vladimir Putin has clearly demonstrated that he is not bothered by losses — whether they be financial, material, or human. His war will go on as long as he needs. And, judging by how the authorities have woven the so-called “special military operation” into Russian life, that will be a long time.

Why economic de-risking is not enough.

Shirvan provides a detailed report of the inroads that Wagner and Russia has recently made in Africa.

Russia has halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed people into poverty.

A Chinese naval flotilla set off on Sunday to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan in an exercise aimed at "safeguarding the security of strategic waterways", according to China's defence ministry.

Iran and Russia are working in concert to force the U.S. military out of Syria, a senior defense official told reporters on Friday.

India’s multi-billion-dollar purchases of U.S. arms are less about shifting its reliance on Russian defence equipment and moving towards the West - it's more about developing its own domestic weapons industry, security officials and analysts say.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on Monday the European Union should open the way for Ankara's accession to the bloc before Turkey's parliament approves Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance. Turkey's bid to join the EU has been frozen for years after membership talks were launched in 2005 under Erdogan's first term as prime minister. The ties between Ankara and members of the bloc soured several years ago, especially after a 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey, but have since largely improved.

We can no longer stand back and hope for the best; instead we must be strong partners to those promoting peace and freedom, says German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock

Beijing will limit gallium and germanium exports from Aug. 1. Both metals are indispensable for producing some chips

Indian refiners have begun paying for some oil imports from Russia in Chinese yuan, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as Western sanctions force Moscow and its customers to find alternatives to the dollar for settling payments.

A massive underground deposit of high-grade phosphate rock recently discovered in Norway is big enough to satisfy world demand for fertilisers, solar panels and electric car batteries over the next 100 years, according to the company exploiting the resource.

Each time it happens, the world insists: ‘never again’. But the political and moral blindspots that allow these atrocities will persist until the lessons of history are learned

China's UN diplomat sent shockwaves as he took aim Britain in another barbed attack.

As part of a broader effort to strengthen defense ties with India, the U.S. government has signed a formal framework agreement on naval ship repair wi...

On March 25, 1945, the United States Army issued “Fact Sheet #64: Fascism!” to promote discussions amongst American troops about fascism as the war in Europe wound down to a close. Discussion leaders were alerted “Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it ea...

I'm not real sure what, precisely, a submission statement is, but I wanted to take a stab at it in the interest of responding to suggestions from the mod:

I posted this link, because it is historically relevant; geopolitics really became a thing because of fascism.

Fascism had existed previously, of course, but not as a codified, international phenomena. As such, fascism represents a clear and present threat to humanity.

It is relevant both because it remains as accurate and important as ever. Nothing about fascism has changed. It hasn't suddenly become moral; it hasn't suddenly become intelligent, and it isn't in any way new.

Four inconvenient truths make this scenario unlikely.