Questions tagged [geopolitics]
For questions about the influence of geographic variables on politics. Such variables include climate, topography, demography, and natural resources.
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Why is Saudi Arabia primarily buying weapons from the United States?
Background. Saudi Arabia is a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. Saudi
Arabia's security forces have relied on U.S. equipment, training, and
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Why isn't Argentina part of the F-35 program?
https://asiatimes.com/2023/03/china-argentina-on-verge-of-region-rattling-fighter-deal/
This week, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Argentina’s
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Clear and concrete definition of "Third World" [duplicate]
Commonly, when I discuss with a pro-western American, or perhaps sometimes Europeans about an African Country I always hear this, "But it's third world" on investopedia.com "Third World&...
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How could the US Embargo on Cuba be ended? What would that process look like?
There's been a lot of discussion on if the US embargo on Cuba should be ended, but I would like to know: how could it be ended? What legislative process? Would any laws have to be removed to allow ...
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In countries where freedom of expression is limited and the constitution prohibits political participation, what are the options?
There are many countries where freedom of expression is restricted in various ways and certain people or all people are restricted or not even allowed legally to participate in politics of any kind. ...
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How does India access its air base in Tajikistan?
Farkhor Air Base is a military air base located near the town of Farkhor in Tajikistan, and is operated by the Indian Air Force in collaboration with the Tajik Air Force.
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Does the US government consider a prolonged war in Ukraine as a geopolitical advantage for the US against Russia?
According to Washington Post, the US government is asking Ukraine to be more open to negotiations with the current Russian regime:
The Biden administration is privately encouraging Ukraine’s leaders ...
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What exactly is the Valdai Discussion Club and has it been playing a role in the current geopolitical situation?
Having briefly browsed their website, I'm still not sure what exactly the Valdai Discussion club is. Who are its members, what do they do, and what role, if any, has it been playing in the Russian ...
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Is Russia on the rise to become the new economic world power? Is the war situation paving a way towards it? [closed]
I want to understand the current stance of Russia & its future economic leadership potential. After listening to the speech by Putin at the recent Valdai Discussion Club (transcript attached), I'...
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Why did the EU not let developing countries outside the EU to import fertilizers from Russia?
He pointed out that the bloc had eased curbs to let in Russian
fertilizers to Europe, but was unwilling to do the same for developing
countries outside the continent.
“Using the opportunity, I ask UN ...
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Why are European countries interested in the Indo-Pacific?
The Indo-Pacific has become a new conflict zone these days, with China on one side, and other countries like Japan, Australia, and India on the other side.
Organizations like AUKUS and the Quad have ...
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What are different ways to define the concept of "The West"?
The concept of "The West" is mentioned frequently on this forum, but often runs into the problem of ambiguous definition.
While most people have a rough idea of what is considered "...
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What are the pros and cons of joining the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue Plus group instead of joining the main Quadrilateral Security Dialogue?
What are the pros and cons of joining the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue Plus group instead of joining the main Quadrilateral Security Dialogue? I was wondering why a country like South Korea would ...
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What benefits does China gain by waiving debt to African countries like this?
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx_662805/202208/t20220819_10745617.html
What benefits does China gain by waiving debt to African countries like this?
Second, we need to take concrete actions to ...
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What are the pros and cons of having a large sovereign wealth fund?
https://www.swfinstitute.org/fund-rankings/sovereign-wealth-fund
What are the pros and cons of having a large sovereign wealth fund? I am asking, because China is behind Norway and China invest a ...
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How are interactions between Taliban Afghanistan and the world carried out if they are not officially recognized by anyone?
This is a hybrid politics/international law question and it’s posted here for convenience.
Everyday interactions would include border crossings, postal services, telecommunications, airspace ...
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What does Ukraine gain by having Western countries ban all Russian visa?
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said earlier in an interview
with the Washington Post that Western countries should ban entry to
all Russians. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, in turn, ...
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What purpose does publishing a white paper serve?
China has published a White Paper on the situation with Taiwan. Here is the translation:
The spokesperson of the Taiwan Office of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China was authorized ...
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What has China gained by doing military drills after Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan?
What has China gained by doing military drills after Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan? A lot of people who know nothing about geopolitics are saying that China is throwing a tantrum, but is this really the ...
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Is it true that sizes of some countries are shown smaller on Maps than they actually are? [closed]
I recently read somewhere that there are some countries in the world are actually larger than they are shown on the world map. For eg. Somalia is significantly larger than it is shown on the map and ...
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Why is Saudi Arabia "sitting on the fence" on Ukraine?
For the first time in twenty-five years, China, India, and Pakistan
took a similar position on a global issue, choosing to abstain from
voting on Ukraine, like so many others, including Indonesia,
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What might be dissuading Russia to sell advanced nuclear and military technologies to North Korea after the economic sanctions imposed against Russia?
What might be dissuading Russia to sell advanced nuclear and military technologies to North Korea after the economic sanctions against Russia? Since Russia feared NATO sanctions from weapon sales and ...
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What did Putin do to ensure that he doesn't get overthrown by a military coup or to reduce the likelihood of it?
What did Putin do to ensure that he doesn't get overthrown by a military coup or to reduce the likelihood of it?
https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2022-05-25/new-punishments-await-...
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Why must export of Ukrainian grain go through Russian diplomatic and military approval?
You can find claims all over the media that Ukraine cannot export their grain (I assume it was last year's production since it is too early for the new harvest) because the Russian navy has blockaded ...
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Why do western countries condemn Russia and not Israel? [closed]
I'm not really into politics or history, so my question might be obvious.
I just wonder why Western countries condemn Russia so much for the Ukraine invasion, and why they didn't condemn Israel (from ...
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Are Estonia, Iceland, Hungary and Greece in a similar economical level? [closed]
I was wondering whether the Estonian or the Icelandic economies, despite being small, are relatively close to the Hungarian and the Greek economies, or whether they are much smaller
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Is there any change in World Order? [closed]
I've been reading couple of news headline which states that there is change in the World Order. I don't know understand, how world has changed so far in domain of International politics? Yes, it is ...
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What measures has Russia taken to combat the declining population problem in the past 15 years?
In 2006, Russian President Vladimir Putin directed his nation's parliament to develop a plan to revive the country's falling birthrate. In a speech to parliament on May 10, 2006, Putin called the ...
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Asking for examples to clarify the meaning of geopolitics
I don't understand what "geopolitics" means and I am asking help about that.
From googling, I found some definitions below:
Blackwill (2009) documents that
"Geopolitics in this context ...
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Is there a food crisis linked to the Ukrainian war or a massive speculation?
As of now at the end of March 2022, it is quite common to find articles in the media and also some declarations by world leaders talking about a food crisis caused by the Ukrainian war. Here are some ...
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What makes it hard for Southeast Asian countries (including India) to replace China and become new "world factory"?
Many people argue that it is hard for Western countries to pose economic sanctions on China by banning all (or most) imports from China, due to China's huge role in the world supply chain. I wonder ...
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Which countries have oil stockpiles?
I was looking at data on the Energy Information Administration's website on global production and consumption of crude oil and noticed that in many years consumption exceeds production -- from 1980 to ...
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Has Ukraine ever considered being neutral after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
This article that was written a few weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine suggests that Emmanuel Macron did not rule out the idea of Ukraine's neutrality following Finland as a model:
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Does a policy of mutually assured destruction favor rogue states?
I wondered if a policy of mutually assured destruction favors rogue states.
I think it is fair to assume that a rogue nuclear state would have less regard for its people and their life and wellbeing ...
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Why didn't Russia invade Ukraine during the Olympic games? [closed]
I am wondering why the timing is so strange, because Russia said it wouldn't invade Ukraine, and didn't do so until recently right after the Olympic Games ended.
Is there a reason for this? Did they ...
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Solutions to the problem of the US's strong offensive capabilities incentivising potential adversaries to create 'buffers'?
The US has great reach with very destructive conventional weapons, particularly aircraft carriers and their entourage, which can sit off an enemy coastline and pummel a large landmass indefinitely.
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Russian Experts on the Credibility of the Russian Nuclear Second Strike Capability
From Western news reports about Russian government statements, Russia seems concerned that NATO forces in the ex-Communist states would endanger the Russian strategic deterrence (which include a ...
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What academic journals in political science have the highest impact factor? [closed]
I am in school for engineering and work as a programmer but I'm almost always reading about politics/philosophy/economics/sociology outside school.
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Could Russia be bluffing on an invasion of Ukraine in order to keep profiting from the high price of liquified natural gas? [closed]
I am wondering if it may be likely that Russia is just bluffing in regards to an invasion of Ukraine in order to keep the price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) high so that it will continue to profit ...
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Why did some places with a large population become states within a country when other places with smaller populations became countries of their own?
With a population of over 200 million, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has a much larger population than most EU countries(eg: Switzerland has approx 9 mil population). Why is it that small places ...
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Can countries use cross-border rivers to pressure neighbouring countries?
For example, can Sudan block/divert the Nile to exert political pressure on Egypt? (The Nile is a major river that flows through Sudan into Egypt.)
I can't find any results via Google on this. The ...
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Which countries have the same international importance, influence and power as Sweden? [closed]
Sweden is not a superpower at all and it's not a country with a high level of influence (such as Russia or China). However, it has a relatively large GDP for its population and it's known that Sweden ...
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What benefits would the G7 get by creating their own programme in response to the Belt and Road initiative?
What benefits would the G7 get by creating their own programme in response to the Belt and Road initiative? The G7 recently announced its own programme in response to China, but isn't it too costly ...
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Why didn't Japan call for the ICJ to settle the dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands?
Why didn't Japan call for the ICJ to settle the dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands? I am asking this question, because Japan took its ongoing dispute with South Korea over the Dokdo islands to ...
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Why did Syria allow the Russians to set a naval base in their country?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_naval_facility_in_Tartus
Why did Syria allow the Russians to set a naval base in their country knowing full well that this would make them a prime target for the ...
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What is the United States' true 'real politik' position on the recent Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict?
The re-emergence of hostilities in 2020 between Armenia and Azerbaijan reportedly resulted in thousands of casualties for both sides; while I do not want to comment on the orgins of the conflict and ...
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Doesn't NATO have something to say about conflicts with non-NATO allies?
I was just reading this article detailing how Turkey purchased tanks from Germany to fight the Kurds, who had been armed by the British and the US.
So a NATO member bought weapons from another NATO ...
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Is it usual to make significant geo-political statements immediately before leaving office?
Yesterday, less than 24 hours before leaving office Mike Pompeo declared that China was commiting genocide against its Uighur population.
The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has declared that ...
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Why did Saudi-Arabia not launch its own nuclear program in response to Iran’s? [duplicate]
Saudi and Iran have long fought each other through proxy wars throughout the Middle East. However when Iran started its nuclear program, how come Saudi didn’t do it in response?
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Do we have a political term for the situation when a weak country milks from two stronger countries which are enemies of each other?
Do we have a political term for the situation when a weak country milks from two country which are enemies of each other?
My research includes, studying about debt-trap, and other questions here. So I ...
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