geopolitics

In his new book, “The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power,” Jacob Helberg outlines the brewing cyberwar between Western democracies and autocracies like China and Russia.

The decades-long conflict is best understood not through secondhand accounts of historians, but the primary accounts of people who actually experienced it.

It’s about 7.6 million times faster than what you probably have at home.

Awe makes us feel smaller but also more connected to life and each other.

In his new book, “Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy,” former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang explores how media narratives can warp public perception of political candidates.

If you see a political movement embodying all of these traits, watch out.

Solving the supply chain crisis before the global economy tanks is going to require many creative approaches. Flexport’s Ryan Petersen has one that just might work.

The 2021 Quality of Government Index shows how much trust the citizens of Europe place in each other and in their elected politicians.

There has been a 600% increase in European gas prices so far in 2021.

After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it was Germany, not Japan, that cracked down most severely on nuclear power plants.

Time and again, studies have found a connection between authoritarian ideals and meaning in life — a notion backed up by historical documents.

Two mounds of rice and a tiny flag in a sea of curry is enough to re-heat an old territorial conflict.

Both journalists have put themselves in danger to shed light on corruption and abuses of power in their home countries.

Is it true that half of disaster relief is motivated politically rather than by need?

People who buy iPhones are not, it seems, masters of their own devices.

After the German election, will the nation continue to “muddle through” successfully enough to lead Europe?

Everybody wins, everybody loses, or something in between.

As Russia’s youth welcomed a new era of capitalism in the 1990s, their parents and grandparents clung to fleeting memories of Soviet life.

It follows a well-worn playbook for North Korea.

The EU is slowly realizing that it cannot count on the U.S. to meet its security needs. Has the time finally come for a European military?

All of these conflicts have a long history. They may also have a long future.

Love him or hate, Karl Marx redefined geopolitics and shook up the world order.

Hindsight is 20/20, particularly when you have had 20 years to think about what happened.

Russian movies continue to be used as a mouthpiece for the country’s political leadership.

Preferring “bases not places,” the U.S. does not really resemble the empires of old.

Instead of just Afghanistan, the U.S. military ought to withdraw from the entire Middle East and much of the rest of the world.

How the British obsession with tea triggered wars, led to bizarre espionage, and changed the world — many times.

Before it fueled Woodstock and the Summer of Love, LSD was brought to America to make spying easier.

The few seconds of nuclear explosion opening shots in Godzilla alone required more than 6.5 times the entire budget of the monster movie they ended up in.

Unstable politics and virtue signaling are responsible for creating bureaucratic nightmares.