Geopolitical Futures

No limits. China and Russia will create the financial infrastructure to sanction-proof payments between their countries, expand the scale of joint military exercises and combat training, and conduct regular joint naval and air patrols, according to a joint statement. They also pledged to step up cooperation in banking and insurance regulation and to coordinate more […]

What are the geopolitical implications of the AUKUS partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States? In our most recent Podcast+ episode for ClubGPF members, analyst Ronan Wordsworth joined host Christian Smith for a discussion on the future of AUKUS and what the potential addition of Japan and New Zealand to the alliance could mean for China and the Indo-Pacific

Keeping peace. The United States is calling on Arab states to join a postwar peacekeeping force in Gaza, according to the Financial Times. Washington hopes the initiative will fill...

Israel and Turkey. Israel began returning its diplomats to Turkey earlier this month after withdrawing them last year for “security reasons,” the Middle East Eye reported. Tensions between the...

(click to enlarge) Despite modest growth rates, the global economy is giving some cause for optimism, thanks in part to migration, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development....

Iranian plans. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Yemeni Houthi rebels reportedly plan to attack military bases in Eritrea that supply the U.S. and British with weapons. According...