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Geopolitics - Page 272

September 16, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics/Technology

Europe Is Losing the AI War — and Risking Its Independence

Europe risks becoming dangerously dependent on foreign AI, threatening its economic independence, security and geopolitical influence. The warning is that decisions made now could determine whether Europe helps shape the future of

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

When States Hire Criminals to Kill

The relationship between governments and criminal organisations is also more complicated than a simple exchange of money for violence. Financial incentives are an important motivation, particularly because contract killings and covert operations can generate lucrative income. Cryptocurrency and other obfuscated

September 16, 2026

The Houthis’ Red Sea Gambit

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

The significance of the Houthi gains lies not simply in the territory captured but in its proximity to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. At Perim

Who Really Made Modern Mizoram?

Geopolitics/New Books

by Nil Sanjoy Hazarika’s most recent work, Lal Thanhawla: The Boy from Zarkawt, and the Making of Mizoram is presented as a biography, but

From G7 to G20: Hollow Talk Show?

November 28, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

Recall the origin of the G20? The G7 had winnowed down to represent a very narrow slice of the financialised élite economy — whilst the global ‘things’ economy had grown to outsize

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Why is there a winter of discontent in UK?

November 28, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

The widespread industrial unrest in the run up to Christmas and into January 2023, is nothing new, as workers all over Britain demand better pay and working conditions. Their leverage is to

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Multipolarity shows up in Kazakh steppes

November 21, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made a tantalising remark to reporters on Sunday that his country will pursue a multi-vector policy. As he put it, “I believe that given our geopolitical

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Vintage Hawksley thriller arrives

November 16, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

A journalist can and often does become a person for all seasons: politician, diplomat, teacher, and of course a best-seller author of fact and fiction. Humphrey Hawksley — HH to some —

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Africa’s Forgotten Colony in the Sahara

November 16, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

Since 1975, thousands of Sahrawi people have lived in five refugee camps in the Algerian Sahara. They named these camps after cities in Western Sahara: Ausserd, Boujdour, Dakhla, Laayoune, and Smara. In a straight line,

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Lula Must Save Brazil From Savage Capitalism

November 11, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

Juliana Cardoso is sitting in her office in front of a lavender, orange, and yellow mandala that was made for her. She has been a member of São Paulo’s city council since

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Biden nods to compromise in Ukraine

November 11, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

The midterm elections in the US witnessed razor-thin races as Senate and House control hangs in the balance. But that didn’t discourage President Biden from holding a press conference on Wednesday to stake claim

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Exclusive: Let us Work as Partners – Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister to UK

November 8, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

Commenting on the scheduled debate on the human rights situation and economy in Sri Lanka to be held tomorrow in the UK parliament, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka asked

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Life and times in England today?

November 2, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

There is so much going on in England that it is hardly necessary to describe the plight of the British. One of Cornwall’s most beautiful beaches was unrecognisable at the weekend after

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How Europe Has Navigated Its Energy Crises

October 25, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

While European energy prices have eased slightly in recent months, stress continues to build across a continent that has long been dependent on access to cheap Russian energy. Protests related to high

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Europe: Shrinking Within

October 24, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

Absolutely remarkable, Western media’s determination to ignore the recent Baltic Sea detonations, which knocked out the Nord Stream I and II gas pipelines. A major piece of Europe’s energy infrastructure, the joint

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India: Agniveer is killing regiment traditions

October 19, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

Gorkha Training Centres, like other training establishments, where recruits are trained have been out of work for more than two years as recruitment was suspended due to COVID though it was possible

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Charting the Rise of Anti-French Sentiment Across Northern Africa

October 18, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

In November 2021, a French military convoy was making its way to Mali while passing through Burkina Faso and Niger. It did not get very far. It was stopped in Téra, Niger,

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Act Now: Our Oceans Are Going to Fill with Plastic

October 11, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

As the private transportation sector shifts focus to batteries, biofuels, and green hydrogen, fossil fuel stakeholders have been seeking new avenues of revenue in the petrochemical industry in general, and in plastics

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Is Canada Providing Free Run for Separatists and Terrorists?

October 5, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

It is well recognized all over the world that Canada is a glorious country with vast and beautiful landscapes, considerable natural and mineral resources and many attractive tourist spots. Given these reasons,

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