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The geopolitics of the North Pole

The year that was

The US: Superpower outage.

Ukraine: Out in the cold.

Shipping, Yemen: Palmed off.

India, Pakistan: Cold, hard Kashmir.

China, Bhutan: Snow job.

Introducing Geopolitical Strategy

China, Southeast Asia: The Mekong prong.

Ukraine, the US: Hill of beans.

Israel, the US: Unbanked.

Israel, Palestine: Court in the crossfire.

Venezuela, Guyana: The goad to El Dorado.

Choppy waters

India: Momento Modi.

France, Russia: Acting the Bonaparte.

Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil: Essequibo me.

Israel, Palestine: Moment of truce.

China, South Korea, Japan: Coy next door.

The geopolitics of Turkey

Cyberspace: Tangled web.

The Netherlands: Wilders card.

Israel, Palestine: A break in the cycle.

China, the Middle East: Meddle kingdom.

Argentina: Demonstration effect.

Wisdom of the crowd

Israel, Palestine: Breaking the West Bank.

The US, China: Four hours to save the world.

The US, China: Pushing forward, pulling back.

Britain: Bremainer revisited.

Israel, Palestine: End of the beginning.

In remembrance.

Myanmar: Triangle offensive.

United States: Politics as usual.

Israel, Palestine: Tunnel vision.

Qatar: Among the pigeons.

Ukraine, Russia: The war of peace.

The geopolitics of artificial intelligence.

China, Southeast Asia: Tributary acts.

Israel, the US: Catching flak.

Israel, Palestine: No refuge.

The EU: Trade off.

China, the US: If you're going to San Francisco.

Diplomatie à la française.

Israel, Palestine: Laying the ground.

Ukraine, Russia: Testing the boundaries.

United Arab Emirates: Freight forward.

The US, China: Meetings in the middle.

Argentina: Two to tango.

Understanding Iran.

United States: Time to get serious.

Israel, Palestine: Confirmation and bias.

Israel, Palestine, the US: Into the fire.

Venezuela, United States: Oil spill.

Israel, Palestine: Losing hearts and minds.

The Israel-Palestine War.

Israel, Egypt: No exodus.

Israel, Lebanon: Eve of destruction.

Israel, Palestine: Suffer the little children.

Israel, Palestine: I will repay.

Israel, Palestine: An eye for an eye.

Strange bedfellows.

Syria: Thick on the battleground.

China, the US: Opioid wars.

The US: Animal house.

Greece, Turkey: Cyprus will.

The US, Ukraine: Playing chicken with Kyiv.

What if?

Israel, Saudi Arabia: Tours de force.

The US: Swamp things.

Kosovo, Serbia: Siege mentality.

UN-inspiring.

Pakistan: Khan get no satisfaction.

Armenia, Azerbaijan: Stabbed in the Karabakh.

United Nations: All rise.

Canada, India: Under strain.

China, the US: Narrowing straits.

Geopolitics for lawyers.

The US: Aberration of powers.

China, Afghanistan: Kabul in a China shop.

China, Taiwan: Straitening up.

Iran: Bill of exchange.

Morocco, Algeria: Seismic shift.

The geopolitics of cybersecurity.

Eastern Europe: Three-sea circus.

India: Name-dropping.

Britain, Ireland: Stirring up troubles.

North Korea, Russia: Thick as thieves.

Ukraine, Russia: Counterproductive.

The G20: mountains to climb.

China, India: Off the road map.

Gabon: And on and on.

Japan: Tech attack.

Australia: Unlucky strike.

India: Food chain reaction.

Geopolitics and us.

The US: Mugged by reality.

Russia: Cooked.

BRICS: Another in the wall.

Energy: Gulf roar.

Ecuador, Guatemala: Viva la revolución.

Geopolitics and the dogs of war.

China: This is fine.

Ukraine, Russia: Ship over troubled waters.

Japan, South Korea, the US: Opening the kimono.

China: Slowing down.

Argentina: Out the window.

Geopolitics and organised crime.

The Moon: As above, so below.

China, the US: Tech trouble.

Italy: Cashing it in.

China, the US: Stormy waters.

Niger: Crossing the deadline.

Geopolitics and you.

China, the US: Naval gazing.

Ukraine, Russia: Shredded wheat.

Poland, Belarus, Russia: Close to the edge.

China: Slow boat.

Israel, Saudi Arabia: Train to catch.

Geopolitics at the movies.

Italy, the US: Still my brilliant friend.

Niger, Russia: Hostile takeover.

China: Mandarin collared.

China, North Korea: Hand to mouth.

Spain: Strain on the plain.

The geopolitics of the Black Sea.

India: Rice gouging.

Ukraine, Russia: Black Sea day.

North Korea: Don't you forget about me.

Ukraine, Russia: Other side of the bridge.

Climate change: Warming up.

The geopolitics of food.

China, maritime security: All at sea.

Ukraine, NATO: Friendly fire.

Ukraine, NATO: Not yet.

Sweden, Turkey: Promise me.

Turkey, Russia: Black Sea backgammon.

How to think about geopolitics.

Japan, China: Sashimi slicing.

Iran, the US: Crude control.

Artificial Intelligence: I, Diplomat.

China, Russia: High five.

France: C'est moi.

Russian rules of thumb.

Sweden: Waterloo.

Russia: Brave face.

Israel, China: Land of milk and money.

Russia: Greatly exaggerated.

Russia: Rebellion without a consequence.

Investing and geopolitics

India, the US: Political illusions.

Russia, the EU: Cutting out the middleman.

India, the US: Lotus position.

Germany: All carrot, no stick.

The business of geopolitics.

China, the US: Eyes wide open.

Syria, the US: Still here.

China, the US: On a slow boat.

India, the US: No tryst with destiny.

NATO, the US: Long in the tooth.

Why geopolitics matters.

Iran, Russia: The right to arm bears.

Europe: Recovery or recession?

China, the US: Blinken you'll miss it.

Ukraine, Russia: Muddy waters.

Ukraine, Russia: Deluge.

Letter to our readers

China, the US: Collision course.

United States: Done deal.

China, the US: Pandas, not bears.

China, the US: Talk to the hand.

Spain: Rightwards march.

Turkey: Erdogan wipes the floor.

Turkey, Russia, energy: High water.

China, US, cybersecurity: The storms of state.

Timor-Leste: Xanana republic.

Ukraine, Russia, disinformation: Gray(voron) zone.

Ukraine, Russia, energy: Flight risk.

US, Japan, China, Russia: Sanction-monious.

Turkey, Russia, Ukraine: Grain train.

US, India, Australia: Second fiddle.

US, Pacific: Blue wall.

Turkey: Knife edge.

US, China: Congress in Vienna.

Pakistan: Fuel and fire.

United States: Pride before the fall.

China and the West: Trade-off.

United States: Mess in Texas.

US, Taiwan: Flights of fancy.

Russia, Ukraine: Attack on the Kremlin.

Israel, Palestine: Making of a martyr.

Syria: Road to Damascus.

France: May Day.