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The Panama Canal: Hostage to the US-China Trade War?
Dec 23, 2024 · In November 1906, Theodore Roosevelt became the first sitting U.S. president to make a diplomatic visit outside the continental United States, sailing to Panama to view the construction of the Panama Canal.
Europe: The Agony and Ecstasy of US Relations
6 days ago · One of the most pressing geopolitical issues Europe faces is its evolving relationship with the United States. This relationship will be critical as Europe navigates a complex geopolitical landscape shaped by two interrelated dynamics, over which Europe itself has little control: Washington’s stance toward Russia, particularly with regard to the war in Ukraine, and the […]
What Are the Fundamentals of Geopolitics? | Geopolitical Futures
Dec 9, 2022 · Multi-Dimensional Element Integration. The fundamentals of geopolitics begin with the unique imperatives and constraints of nation-states. They involve looking at all of the attributes that affect a country or a region, dissecting each piece in order to better understand its implications, then putting them back together and painting a …
The Weakness of Israel’s Approach to War - Geopolitical Futures
Dec 11, 2024 · The Middle East has broken down into a state of extreme combat. The collapse of the system of governance throughout the region has opened up new fronts of warfare. Historically, such situations there were handled by the Israeli military. That basic reality – that Israel is the dominant military ...
What Is a Superpower? - Geopolitical Futures
Oct 21, 2024 · George Friedman is an internationally recognized geopolitical forecaster and strategist on international affairs and the founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures.
The Spirit of America – Its People - Geopolitical Futures
Jan 9, 2025 · Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have fundamentally altered long-held conventional political wisdom, perhaps nowhere more markedly than in …
China’s Drastic Economic Reform - Geopolitical Futures
Dec 20, 2024 · Chinese policymakers appear to be taking aggressive action to stabilize and revitalize the economy by changing monetary policy after 14 years and increasing the budget deficit to an unprecedented 4 percent of gross domestic product in 2025.
ASEAN: Beneficiaries of Global Trade’s Realignment
Dec 6, 2024 · (click to enlarge) Amid global uncertainties, companies diversifying supply chains away from China have driven a surge in foreign direct investment into the countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Russia’s Deliberately Unclear Strategy for Iran
Oct 14, 2024 · (click to enlarge) Iran is the center of what I call the northern crisis. Its government has a geopolitical imperative to retain its frontiers, and it pursues this imperative, as many do, through the deployment of armed forces and weapons (or, …