List of Geopolitics articles
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No-Multipolar-world-China-US-illustration Our Most Read Stories of 2023
Readers spent time on coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine in its second year, along with pieces on U.S. foreign policy and the global order.
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An illustration shows a stylized globe with a crack through it. A hand with a wrench tightens the screw atop the globe. The Field of Geopolitics Offers Both Promise and Peril
The world’s most dismal science could make Eurasia safe for illiberalism and predation—or protect it from those forces.
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A Palestinian is seen from behind as they look outside through a large broken window. Some shards of fractured glass remain in the frame, but the rest of the opening reveals dark smoke billowing from a dense street of buildings in Gaza City. The sky is otherwise light but hazy. The Year of the Israel-Hamas War
The events of Oct. 7 sparked a conflagration in the Middle East that has reverberated around the world.
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Smoke plumes billow from a fire at a lumber warehouse in Khartoum. The Year Geopolitical Competition Returned to Africa
From Sudan to Mauritania, regional and global powers are jockeying for position on the continent.
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An illustration shows the faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin interrupted by wavy lines of a fragmented map of Europe and Asia. Foreign Policy’s Best Articles on Geopolitics and Strategy
Five big-think articles from 2023 that cut through the news.
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A soldier fighting for Ukraine stands in front of a destroyed monastery in Dolyna, Ukraine. FP Live Looks Back at 2023
Stephen Walt explains why countries are accusing America of hypocrisy.
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AI-geopolitics-cooperation-nonproliferation-foreign-policy-illustration-erik-carter-3-2 The Year Policymakers Woke Up to AI
Artificial intelligence became more than just a buzzword in 2023.
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A drawn illustration of the new geopolitical words from 2023: AIS gaps, subsea infrastructure, maritime terrorism, derisking, BRICS plus New Geopolitical Words We Learned in 2023
Washington is losing its rizz and other powers are stepping into the AIS gaps.
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An illustration shows the lopped off lower half of the globe with a diverse group of people holding it up from below for a story about the term "the global south." Was 2023 the Year of the Global South?
From the halls of the United Nations to leaders’ podiums, policymakers fixated on the concept this year.
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A photo collage illustration shows a mixture of actors from recommended films and TV shows. The Shows FP Staffers and Columnists Loved in 2023
The podcasts, television, and movies that got us through.
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A security guard moves a chair at the NATO summit venue The Case for a Bigger, Bolder NATO
Security issues are dispersed across too many forums and organizations—an obstacle to effective decisions and strategy.
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A security guard stands aboard the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, seized by Houthi fighters, in a port on the Red Sea. The West’s 3 Options to Combat the Houthi Attacks
One of the global economy’s most important arteries is at stake.
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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen walks between a line of soldiers standing at attention at a welcome ceremony on a cloudy day in St. Lucia. Tsai is a middle-aged woman wearing a black suit over a white T-shirt. In a Caribbean Paradise, Taiwan and China Tussle for Recognition
St. Lucia keeps switching between Taipei and Beijing.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, U.S. President Joe Biden, and other leaders arrive to pay respect at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 10. Is the U.S.-India Partnership on Shaky Ground?
As Biden declines an invitation to New Delhi, Modi’s government has judged that a U.S.-foiled assassination plot won’t have serious consequences.
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In the foreground, U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi sit at podiums during a House China committee hearing. Why a Bipartisan House Committee Wants to Further Cut Ties With Beijing
A new report from the influential select committee on China has flown under the radar.
