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Venezuela’s Shocking New Reality
Several countries of Latin America have been at the other end of regime change instigated by the United States. The last time regime change like this happened was when the United States arrested Manuel Noriega, the former dictator of Panama. Yesterday’s large-scale strike on Caracas as well as the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife has sent shockwaves throughout the world. The reasoning and the seizure of power in the region have become clearer over the last 24
Meredith Burton
Jan 43 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
Oct 26, 20254 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 28, 20251 min read
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