Geopolitics

Greenlandic Grievances With Denmark and Trump’s Annexation Plan
Greenlandic Grievances With Denmark and Trump’s Annexation Plan
One of my favorite places on Earth, Greenland, has suddenly become the center of worldwide attention as US President Donald Trump reiterated his 2019 proposal that the US should do whatever it takes to acquire Greenland from Denmark.
20.02.2025
Is Trump’s Plan To Take Greenland To Control Arctic Shipping Lanes?
Is Trump’s Plan To Take Greenland To Control Arctic Shipping Lanes?
Donald Trump’s recent flirtations with acquiring Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal are not new ideas. They all relate to a single strategic objective: controlling shipping lanes between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
14.02.2025
Make The Ukraine Truce, Then Cut Europe Loose
Make The Ukraine Truce, Then Cut Europe Loose
Exactly 177 days after being sworn to office, America’s greatest peace president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, announced that the demolition derby on the Korean peninsula would be halted, and that an armistice would prevail henceforth – which armistice remains in place to this very day.
11.02.2025
Ukraine’s Rare Earth and Realpolitik
Ukraine’s Rare Earth and Realpolitik
For years, American foreign aid has followed a simple, unquestioned rule: the United States gives, and a motley assortment of allies and opportunistic nation-states take. Aside from vague diplomatic assurances, billions in taxpayer dollars flow overseas with little expectation of return. Nowhere has this been more evident than in Ukraine.
06.02.2025
A "golden age" for which America? Washington’s Panama playbook says it all
A "golden age" for which America? Washington’s Panama playbook says it all
During Marco Rubio's first overseas visit as US secretary of state, he tried hard to use the Panama Canal as a pretext to pressure Panama into distancing itself from China.
06.02.2025
Panama Tries Compromise; US Says It’s Not Enough
Panama Tries Compromise; US Says It’s Not Enough
The U.S. secretary of state’s visit to Panama on Sunday in the context of American imperialist history in the Canal Zone and U.S. obsession with China.
04.02.2025
Making the Arctic Great Again?
Making the Arctic Great Again?
It was just over five years ago, in August 2019, that President Trump spontaneously proposed purchasing Greenland from tiny Denmark, making waves around the world as members of the diplomatic and national security community grappled with the sudden, unexpected prospect of an American Arctic territorial expansion, which would be the first since 1867.
27.12.2024
Democracy as Theater in Which Trump Plays a Villain Too
Democracy as Theater in Which Trump Plays a Villain Too
Donald Trump has been made the central character in U.S. politics around whom everything revolves. But whether he wins or loses, the imperial status quo will be unchanged, says Caitlin Johnstone
28.08.2024
Vijay Prashad: The Far Right of a Special Kind
Vijay Prashad: The Far Right of a Special Kind
Fascism is an insufficient term because it denies the closeness between liberal and far-right forces. Here are 10 points to help us understand this “intimate embrace” and the emergence of a particular kind of far right
20.08.2024
As Russia fights off Ukraine offensive, experts warn of wider confrontation
As Russia fights off Ukraine offensive, experts warn of wider confrontation
Experts warn of wider confrontation involving neighboring states.
12.08.2024
Venezuela-Guyana
Venezuela-Guyana
Regional Politics or Geopolitical Chess?
28.12.2023
Decoding Russia-Armenia Ties
Decoding Russia-Armenia Ties
Questioning western views
27.12.2023
US, Japan Announce Record Defense Budgets Targeting China, Unsettling Analysts Amid Deteriorating Security Environment
US, Japan Announce Record Defense Budgets Targeting China, Unsettling Analysts Amid Deteriorating Security Environment
After the US and Japan on Friday announced record defense budgets for 2024 experts warned on Sunday that under a deteriorating global security situation, the US is giving tacit permission to Japan to break away from its self-defense-only principle to help maintain the US' global hegemony amid dangerous rises in Japan's right-wing militaristic moves
25.12.2023
US announces naval operation targeting Yemen and Iran
US announces naval operation targeting Yemen and Iran
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Monday the start of Operation Prosperity Guardian, a naval operation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, targeting the Houthi rebels in Yemen and threatening Iran
19.12.2023
Is the India-US honeymoon coming to an end soon?
Is the India-US honeymoon coming to an end soon?
There has been serious trouble brewing in the geopolitical paradise of the convenient but strategic alignment between India and the US. According to Indian media citing government sources, US President Joe Biden would not travel to India for the Republic Day parade in January. This diplomatic snub, aimed at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India as a whole, is indicative of a significant shift in US-India relations, and the consequences could be far-reaching
18.12.2023
US, Philippines Start Three-Day Joint Patrol in South China Sea
US, Philippines Start Three-Day Joint Patrol in South China Sea
The patrol comes amid rising tensions with China in the region
23.11.2023
All-African World War 3
All-African World War 3
It will change the borders and put an end to the remnants of colonialism
23.11.2023
The Reich Instead of the European Union
The Reich Instead of the European Union
The EU crisis could drive Germany to take control
21.11.2023
Japan Is Preparing For Dominance in Asia
Japan Is Preparing For Dominance in Asia
The Japanese attack will be fierce and sudden
21.09.2023
Upcoming G77+China Summit to enhance voice of Global South
Upcoming G77+China Summit to enhance voice of Global South
US-led West squeeze development space of developing countries amid intensifying geopolitical wrestling
15.09.2023
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