Analysis

Having written a great deal on space and enchantment, it is time to come down to earth. I want to return to the central thesis of geopolitics as I practice it: the idea of geopolitical determinism. I differ from other people who write on geopolitics in two senses. While I regard geography as a fundamental […]

Iran announces an increase in its uranium enrichment levels, and U.S.-China trade talks hit a snag.

Expanding the trade war to other manufacturing hubs could hurt the United States’ overarching goals.

Reports show declining economic conditions in Turkey, and signs indicate efforts to resolve a rift in the Gulf.

Last Sunday, I received an email from a close friend telling me and others that after 60 years he was canceling his subscription to...

Asian countries near the signing of a trade pact, and the U.S. eases pressure on Huawei.

Outside players are still struggling for control – and the power to define postwar Syria.

Iran and Iraq agree to link their power grids, and Germany faces a threat from right-wing extremism.

As countries start to feel the effects of an economic downturn, they’ll push back against the U.S. economic order.

The U.S. and China will reportedly meet on Friday for further trade negotiations, and North Korea fires two projectiles into the Sea of Japan.

Let me turn over some cards. Reasonable people (every one of you, I’m sure) are likely wondering what in the world I am doing, swinging from discussions of enchantment to the benefits of solid over liquid propellants in missiles, and back again. The motivation is embedded in my life; I have been asked to write […]

The U.S. House of Representatives approves a bill to officially recognize the Armenian genocide, and Russia conducts its largest submarine drills since the 1990s.