Geopolitical Futures

Terrorist attack or provocation? Moscow says it carried out an operation against Ukrainian saboteurs who had entered two villages in the Bryansk region, on the Ukraine border. The governor of the region said the saboteurs fired at a car, resulting in one death and one person injured. Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a terrorist […]

Nuclear option. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen threatened military intervention or the reinstatement of “snapback” sanctions against Iran over its uranium enrichment. The International Atomic Energy Agency recently confirmed...

What are the geopolitical impacts of natural disasters? Director of Analysis Allison Fedirka and Chief Operating Officer Antonia Colibasanu join host Christian Smith to discuss the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, last year’s flooding in Pakistan, and the ongoing drought in Argentina.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently canceled a 2012 foreign policy decree that committed Moscow to peacefully resolving the border crisis of Transnistria, in eastern Moldova. This further raises concerns that Russia could escalate the situation and advance on Moldova. Antonia Colibasanu joins John Batchelor to discuss the latest in the Ukraine conflict and the potential for further military operations in Moldova.

  The specter of a Chinese-Russian alliance against the United States seems catastrophic to many Americans, and the idea of Chinese weapons on the Ukrainian battlefield seems like a preface...

Lukashenko in China. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will arrive in China on Tuesday for a state visit. He’ll meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to discuss trade, investment...