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 does N.Macedonia have the name it has? [duplicate]
The country of N.Macedonia is a country north of Greece,west of Bulgaria and east of Albania.
The country itself is called N.Macedonia but if you look Ancient Greek or Ancient Roman maps the region ...
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What is the practical impact of recognising Palestine as a state?
A variety of Western countries have just recognised Palestine as a state.
What is the practical impact of that?
What's the difference between that and speaking in broad support of them. Or lightly ...
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Why not consider Ribbentrop Molotov 2.0? [closed]
Much has been written lately suggesting that western and central European nations will soon entrench anti-Russian policies. This could include European rearmament, descoping of cooperative ...
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Why is Canada spending $4.38 Billion to remediate a Yellowknife mine that appears harmless?
The following government study about the Giant Mine in Yellowknife, published in 2018, states the following in its section on Risk Assessment Findings:
The HHERA determined that contaminants in the ...
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What is known so far about Trump's $500B economic proposal for a share in Ukraine's natural resources?
BBC Why is Ukraine negotiating a minerals deal with the US?
Trump said earlier this month that the US military and economic aid to Ukraine amounts to about $500bn (£396bn), and he wants the US to ...
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What's the reality behind US claims of Chinese influence in Greenland?
I was listening to The Rest is Politics (US) podcast and one of the subjects discussed was, of course, Trump's Greenland gambits.
There was a brief exchange between the two podcasters about "...
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What is Netanyahu's exit strategy from the war in Gaza and Lebanon, and a potential confrontation with Iran?
During Benjamin Netanyahu's recent speech at the UN, he spent the majority of his time reiterating the remarks he made about Israel's war on seven fronts, with no mention of any "practical" ...
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Is there any significance of India's "strategic partnership" with Poland to geopolitics?
India and Poland, in a joint statement, have declared establishment of a strategic partnership.
If I recall correctly, this is the first time India has established a strategic partnership with a ...
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Why can't countries simply reclassify any part of someone else's land as an overseas territory to avoid decolonization processes?
In the mid-20th century, during the era of decolonization, several European countries reclassified certain regions as "overseas territories" or similar designations rather than colonies. For ...
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What would Russia have to gain from building a reliable security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region?
HANOI, June 20 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said he
wanted to build a "reliable security architecture" in the Asia-Pacific
region during a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday, ...
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What would a tactical nuke strike actually look like? [closed]
When the conversations about a possible tactical nuke strike by Russia on Ukraine go, I usually see the headline threats by Putin or some other top officials. The rest is basically "this would ...
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Why does Egypt want Israel to withdraw from the Gazan side of the Rafah crossing?
Delegations from the United States and Israel end a meeting in Cairo
aimed at discussing the reopening of the Rafah Crossing between Gaza
and Egypt, according to Egypt’s al Qahera News TV.
The network,...
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Does Chad have any geostrategic value for the United States?
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The U.S. military plans to return to Chad within a
month for talks about revising an agreement that allows it to keep
troops based there, an American general said Wednesday.
The U....
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Is there an official source for the list of province-level divisions along with their capital acording to the People's Republic of China's government? [closed]
I have found this this article on Chinese Wikipedia that shows a table with the columns 省会 (provincial capital) and 省份 (province) (see screenshot below).
The table above contains the information that ...
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Why doesn't Israel withdraw from the territories occupied during the Six-Day War of 1967?
United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 asks for "withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict" (meaning the 1967 war).
Many international ...
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