#Geopolitical Strategy

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 Zelenskyy says Ukrainian interceptors downed Iran drones in the Middle East — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Ukraine's Zelenskyy previously announced that 228 Ukrainian experts had been deployed to the region.

  Related: #Military Cooperation, #Drone Warfare
• 🇺🇸 China's Xi talks peace with Taiwan's opposition leader even as Beijing raises military pressure — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Chinese leader Xi Jinping talked with Taiwan’s main opposition leader about shared culture and bloodlines, before declaring that unification is an "inevitability."

  Related: #Cross-Strait Relations, #Chinese Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 China's Xi meets Taiwan opposition leader ahead of key summit with Trump — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Xi Jinping and the KMT's Cheng Li-wun agreed to pursue peace, but Taiwan's ruling party worries it will enable Beijing to undermine its democracy.

  Related: #Cross-strait Relations, #Domestic Politics
• 🇺🇸 Fact-checking Trump and Hegseth's claims of U.S. 'victory' in the Iran war — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Based on available information, the U.S. and its military partner, Israel, achieved significant battlefield wins, experts said. However, they said that calling it a "total victory" overlooks significa...

  Related: #Military Analysis, #Political Discourse
• 🇺🇸 'Poorly run, piece of ice': Trump targets Greenland again as Iran war deepens NATO rift — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Trump has set his eyes on Greenland again while venting frustration at NATO, as the diplomatic fallout from Iran war exposed rifts in the security alliance.

  Related: #Transatlantic Relations, #Alliance Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 China ‘is playing the long game’ in Iran war by staying neutral — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  Han Shen Lin, director of the China Office at the Asia Consultative Group, says that China is likely to remain neutral,

  Related: #International Relations
• 🇬🇧 Trump at a crossroads as US weighs tough options in Iran — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Statements from President Trump that the war is almost over are not matching up with the reality on the ground.

  Related: #Military Conflict, #Diplomatic Uncertainty
• 🇺🇦 What Russia’s internet blackouts reveal about Putin’s endgame — 21/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Russia has intensified internet censorship in recent weeks as the U.S.-Israeli efforts to kill top Iranian officials prompted concerns that the security of its own leaders could also be compromised. ...

  Related: #Digital Censorship
• 🇬🇧 Iran’s willingness to escalate this high-stakes war is its greatest weapon — 21/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Regime will do whatever it takes to cling on to power – including sacrificing economies of other Gulf states</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/21/middle-east-cr...

  Related: #Military Escalation
• 🇺🇸 Breaking down how U.S. could undermine its own victory against Iran — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump is vowing to continue hitting Iran "very hard," even as he said the country's military is "finished." Mark Montgomery, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, has m...

  Related: #U.S.-Iran Relations
• 🇺🇸 China’s silence on Iran reveals its true priorities — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Beijing's muted response shows that when core interests are at stake, even close partners are expendable.

  Related: #Foreign Policy
• 🇬🇧 US and Israel’s strategy to kill Iran’s top figures may prove counterproductive — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Attempt to ‘decapitate’ state may harden resistance instead of destabilising regime </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/18/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-hormu...

  Related: #Regional Security
• 🇺🇸 Netanyahu’s Iran ‘fixation’ finds its moment in Trump — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Israeli prime minister has spent decades trying to anchor the US in a confrontation with Tehran

  Related: #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Oil producers: buy the peace, not the war — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Plus, PCE data drama

  Related: #Energy Markets
• 🇬🇧 The Guardian view on Trump’s war with Iran: if the US is winning, why ask Nato for help? | Editorial — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The US has overwhelming military power. Yet the battle has moved to oil routes, alliances and domestic politics – where Tehran is testing western unity</p><p>Donald Trump would like you to know tha...

  Related: #International Relations
• 🇬🇧 Iran’s Hormuz blockade is its most powerful card against Trump and Israel. It won’t back down easily | Jack Watling — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>By imposing massive costs on the global economy, the Iranian government hopes to cause the US to back down</p><p>The US and Israeli decision to attack Iran has sent economic shockwaves around the w...

  Related: #Maritime Security
• 🇺🇸 How Israel, the US and Iran deploy covert ops — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Sometimes called sleeper cells, these anonymous agents employ deception to spy, sabotage or kill.

  Related: #Covert Operations
• 🇺🇸 Why the United Arab Emirates is a target for Iran&apos;s aggression — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  Iran is looking to test a state that has positioned itself as the Gulf's safest bridge between East and West — and the future of the region.

  Related: #Regional Conflict, #Economic Impact
• 🇺🇸 Thomas Friedman explains Iran’s ‘strategy of out-crazy’ against the U.S.: Full interview — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman discusses why the “morning after the morning after” in Iran will be crucial for determining the future of the co...

  Related: #U.S.-Iran Relations
• 🇬🇧 How UK might try to keep the Strait of Hormuz open — 15/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The UK military is considering the deployment of two drone types to the Middle East after the US asked allies for help to secure a key shipping lane in the region, it is understood.

  Related: #Maritime Security
• 🇺🇸 In Scolding the New U.S. Ambassador, South Africa Signals Defiance — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  The latest clash between the two countries illustrates the depths to which relations have sunk and the struggle to forge a new path forward.

  Related: #Diplomatic Relations, #International Politics
• 🇺🇸 War Games About AI: ‘Intelligence Rising’ Explores Promises, Perils and the Tool Vs. Agent Debate — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Elena Andreicheva's doc, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, sees some of the world's brightest minds diving into "how artificial intelligence might reshape power itself": "The future is all to play ...

  Related: #AI Simulation
• 🇺🇸 Explainer-Why haven’t the Houthis, Iran’s allies in Yemen, stepped into the war? — 13/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Regional Conflict
• 🇺🇸 Iran is playing a long game — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  An asymmetric war that brings the global economy to a standstill could exhaust the US and force a ceasefire

  Related: #Regional Influence
• 🇺🇸 Why time is on Iran's side as Trump faces pressure to end conflict — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Time may be on Iran’s side in its conflict with the United States as President Trump faces domestic and international pressure to end the war. U.S. and Israeli military superiority has wreaked havoc o...

  Related: #U.S.-Iran Relations
• 🇺🇸 The shadow front in the war against Iran — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Iraq has been a battleground for Tehran and Washington’s interests since 2003. A murky conflict has broken out there again

  Related: #Covert Warfare
• 🇺🇸 Europe should follow Japan’s lead in the changing global order — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Beijing will gladly take advantage of any of our allies, given the opportunity. The Japanese understand this, and provide a model for a sober-minded interest and values-based reaction to U.S. policy u...

  Related: #Global Order
• 🇺🇸 The ‘orphan pearl’: Inside Kharg, the beating heart of Iran’s oil empire — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  On Iran's 'Forbidden Island' of Kharg, ancient ruins sit beside the nerve centre of the nation's oil empire.

  Related: #Energy Security, #Historical Heritage
• 🇺🇸 Gas, oil prices worry GOP as Trump floats taking over Strait of Hormuz — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Republicans on Capitol Hill are growing worried about President Trump's bet that Americans are willing to swallow higher gas prices due to the conflict with Iran, especially ahead of the November elec...

  Related: #Energy Policy
• 🇺🇸 Analysis-Iran bets on endurance, energy disruption to outlast US, Israel — 10/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Energy Security