Geopolitical Futures

Russia sanctions. EU ambassadors approved the bloc’s 18th sanctions package against Russia. The package sets a moving price cap on Russian oil at 15 percent below its average market price. At current prices, this puts the cap at $47.60 per barrel, down from $60. It also targets the Nord Stream gas pipelines and 105 shadow […]

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Rising pressure. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and the foreign ministers of Germany and Greece to discuss Syria. Saar condemned violence...

For this episode of Talking Geopolitics, we turn our attention to China, where President Xi Jinping has been busy intensifying a crackdown on high-ranking officials. But although China's president may seem like a permanent feature on the global stage, a shaky Chinese economy and circling rivals means that his rule is far from secure. Geopolitical Futures analyst and China expert, Victoria Herczegh, has been writing about this issue for GPF subscribers on our website, and now she joins host Christian Smith to discuss what lies behind Xi's purges, what keeps him up at night, and what might happen when Xi leaves office.

For this episode of Talking Geopolitics, we turn our attention to China, where President Xi Jinping has been busy intensifying a crackdown on high-ranking officials. But although China's president may seem like a permanent feature on the global stage, a shaky Chinese economy and circling rivals means that his rule is far from secure. Geopolitical Futures analyst and China expert, Victoria Herczegh, has been writing about this issue for GPF subscribers on our website, and now she joins host Christian Smith to discuss what lies behind Xi's purges, what keeps him up at night, and what might happen when Xi leaves office.

Escalation. Addressing rising tensions in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he had ordered strikes on forces entering a part of Syria that Israel has designated...