6 Iran “Potentially, the most dangerous scenario would be a grand coalition of China, Russia, and perhaps Iran, an “anti- hegemonic” coalition united not by ideology but by complementary grievances. It would be reminiscent in scale and scope of the challenge once posed by the Sino-Soviet bloc, though this time China would likely be the […]
8 The Geopolitics of Trade – INSTC vs. IMEC, or the East vs. the West The “Eastern-Backed “International North-South Corridor aka IMEC The recent Israeli-Iran conflict has put India’s regional connectivity strategy, such as the INSTC in the spotlight. In 2024, the Eastern section of the North-South Corridor increased volumes three-fold. The provided map illustrates […]
The story continues from Part 1 Asymmetric Warfare Redefined? In the early hours of June 1, 2025, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) executed Operation Spider web, an audacious drone assault on Russian airfields that destroyed or damaged a number of Russia’s most prized aircraft, including possibly two A-50 early-warning planes and as many as a dozen strategic bombers. […]
Tibet is a region in East Asia covering much of the Tibetan Plateau spanning about 2.5 million km2. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui people. Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 5,000m and located in the Himalayas, the highest […]
Following World War 2 and the defeat of Germany, the very word geopolitics became taboo as it was linked in many eyes with Hitler, and the Nazis. Geopolitics however is larger than that, the study of integrating politics, economics, and geography. The father of British geopolitics, Sir Halford Mackinder, first unveiled his concept of that […]
Great Britain’s geopolitical role has undergone many changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the world, Britain now occupies an isolated position as an economically fragile island often at odds with her European neighbors. The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or […]
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