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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
Oct 263 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
Oct 265 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
Oct 265 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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