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Are we seeing a new realignment in South Asian Geopolitics?
Pakistan and the Taliban has had relatively good relations for years. Pakistan has since Taliban came back to power in 2021 assumed that Taliban would ultimately act as a counterbalance against India. Even before Taliban returned to power, Taliban still had influence in Southern Afghanistan, and Pakistan needed to make sure that that Taliban would not be supporting and exporting terror groups from Afghanistan to Pakistan, notably Pakistani Taliban or (TTP). Who has waged a vi

Espen Kjønø
6 days ago3 min read
A Realist Perspective: Why Great Powers recognise Palestine but not Taiwan
Traditional great powers such as the United Kingdom and France dropped a bombshell by formally recognising Palestine , a move soon followed by announcements from Australia, Canada, and Portugal in September, “to keep alive the possibility of peace and a two-state solution”, as said by the UK’s PM Keir Starmer in a video statement on X. Similarly, some called the move a hypocrisy while comparing it to the struggle of Taiwan (ROC). This short article will examine the recogniti

Phoebe Chow
6 days ago3 min read
Argentina's economy and 20 billion Currency swap
In mid-October 2025, Washington and Buenos Aires announced a financial decision in which President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent approved a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina’s central bank, along with an additional $20 billion expected to come from private lenders. The official goal is to “stabilize Argentina’s volatile peso” and “help the country embrace economic freedom.” The deal comes at a very opportune moment — just days before Argentina’s Oct

Laura Tatiana Pérez Molina
6 days ago5 min read
Soybean Exports: US-China Tariff, again!
I recently travelled back to the US to visit family and the county in Maryland where I spent the majority of my life is fairly rural. The county has developed significantly due to its proximity to Washington, D.C., but my family home is still surrounded by family farms. Some of the nearby homes have enough property to grow their own vegetable gardens, another farm was recently converted into cultivating hemp, but the majority of the farms rotate corn, wheat, and soybeans. Whe
Meredith Burton
6 days ago4 min read
Securing the Skies: Defending Europe in the Drone Era
Introduction Europe is building a wall. Not made of concrete, but with code, signals and radar. What began as a suggestion from Lithuania, has evolved into one of the European Union’s largest and most complex defense projects, a ‘Drone wall’ stretching from the Baltics down to the Black Sea. The ‘Drone Wall’, formally known as the European Drone Defense Initiative is part of the EU's broader Defense Readiness Roadmap 2030, and has been announced in response to the rising num

Conor Long
6 days ago5 min read
Madagascar joins the list of African Nations hit by political turmoil
What’s happening in Madagascar? After the 2009 coup, Madagascar is once again facing political instability, as the Malgache parliament voted to depose President Andry Rajoelina. The coup occurred after a long period of contestation of the power in place, mainly led by the Madagascar youth. Starting as a protest against water and electricity shortages, the movement is now denouncing corruption and bad governance as the government remains inactive. The movement has been cracked

Antoine Quiquempoix
6 days ago4 min read
Bamako under blockade: JNIM is reinforcing its attacks in Mali across the southern regions of the country.
In the past month, Mali faced a higher number of attacks on critical trade routes across the southern regions of the country. Roads...

Antoine Quiquempoix
Oct 123 min read
The Czech Elections - A Turning Point in Prague
October 2025 is proving to be an important electoral month across the continent of Europe. The people of Ireland, Portugal, Estonia, the Netherlands, Georgia, and Northern Cyprus are all going to the polls this month to carry out their civic duty. However, this article will focus on one with particularly significant implications for the European political landscape, the Czech parliamentary elections. The Czech Republic has just held a parliamentary election between October 3

Conor Long
Oct 124 min read
Could the Trump peace plan lead to the end of Netanyahu’s government?
The conflict between Israel and Hamas remains one of the most destabilizing conflicts in the Middle East in over a decade. Following the...

Espen Kjønø
Oct 124 min read
Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s Hope for a Strong Comeback?
Japan is set to hold a prime ministerial vote on the 20th, to determine if Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)’s leader Sanae Takaichi is to...

Phoebe Chow
Oct 122 min read
Narco-terrorism: What is a non-international armed conflict?
The United States is no stranger when it comes to meddling in its backyard of Latin America. The Trump Administration is pivoting in a...
Meredith Burton
Oct 123 min read


Welcome to Why Geopolitics Matter
As recent graduates of a Geopolitics Master's program, we believe that there are missed connections in how geopolitics impact the general...
Meredith Burton
Sep 281 min read
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