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Geopolitics
Power politics, diplomacy, sanctions, conflicts and international relations.
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Israel–United States: The End of Aid, Not Dependence
By announcing the early termination of annual US military assistance to Israel, Donald Trump is challenging a framework that has shaped bilateral relations for decades. Yet behind the $3.8 billion figure lies a deeper transformation: the possible transition from an alliance susta
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GeopoliticsIraq: The End of the American Counterweight
Twenty-three years after the first American troops entered Baghdad, the last ones are leaving Iraq. The movement is infinitely quieter than it was in 2003.
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GeopoliticsUnited States–China: Learning to Live With Rivalry
For three days, Washington rediscovered the choreography of a major state visit. Donald Trump went to welcome Xi Jinping upon his arrival.
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GeopoliticsIsrael: The Doctrine of Necessity
Inside the United Nations General Assembly, diplomats rise from their seats and head for the exits, while others remain and guests in the galleries applaud.
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GeopoliticsWest Bank: The State Shrinking Before It Exists
At the United Nations on September 22, 2026, Emmanuel Macron sought to draw a distinction between two Palestinian realities. Gaza, devastated by nearly three years of war and long governed by Hamas.
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GeopoliticsUnited Nations: America’s Power Without Permission
At the United Nations, the setting was entirely familiar. The green marble, the rows of delegations, the translation headsets, then the president of the United States standing beneath the emblem of an institution created precisely to prevent the power of states from being sufficient to define their rights.
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GeopoliticsMorocco–Spain: The Trap of Territorial Symmetry
For four years, Rabat and Madrid had managed to achieve something more difficult than reconciliation: they had learned to separate their disputes.
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GeopoliticsRussia: Washington Turns Energy Sanctions Into Extraterritorial Tariffs
Washington has shifted part of its sanctions policy against Russia onto a much broader terrain: access to the US market.
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GeopoliticsEurope Is Inventing a Place for Canada
The rapprochement between Ottawa and Brussels is no longer merely about trade diversification. It is beginning to look like a strategic reorganisation.
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GeopoliticsThe World of Wars
From Ukraine to Sudan, from Gaza to the Sahel, from Myanmar to Western Sahara, conflicts are no longer isolated crises. Together, they are gradually forming an international system in which war is once again becoming a permanent condition.
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GeopoliticsOil: Yanbu’s Countdown
For a few days, storage tanks can make it look as though a pipeline is still operating.
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GeopoliticsAlgeria–UAE: The Break Between Two Shores
Sometimes a diplomatic rupture merely acknowledges a separation that has already taken place. On September 10, 2026, Algeria announced that it was severing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates. According to Algerian state television, Algiers considered that it had “
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GeopoliticsNorth Korea: Nuclear Power Changes Scale
For a long time, North Korea’s nuclear programme could be reduced to a handful of names.