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Sunday, January 7, 2024

Geopolitics and International Affairs

The Field of Geopolitics Offers Both Promise and Peril
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/28/geopolitics-strategy-eurasia-autocracies-democracies-china-russia-us-putin-xi/
The world’s most dismal science could make Eurasia safe for illiberalism and predation—or protect it from those forces.

How France Fumbled Its Africa Ties and Fueled a Geopolitical Crisis
https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/france-macron-africa-sahel-terrorism-27d037ab
Under Macron, the country’s relationship with former colonies has grown increasingly turbulent, upending French and U.S. efforts to fight terrorism

The new world disorder
https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/geopolitics/2023/12/robert-kaplan-war-world-disorder
A new binary of opposing powers has emerged, with the forces of chaos, expansion and anti-Semitism ranged against a West committed to the status quo. 
 
Qatar’s Balancing Act in Gaza
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/qatars-balancing-act-gaza-hamas
Doha Will Have to Cut Ties with Hamas—but First It Can Broker a Hostage Deal with Israel
 
How the Muslim World Lost the Freedom to Choose
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/20/how-the-muslim-world-lost-the-freedom-to-choose/
A brave new book describes how Pakistan unraveled — and provides a blueprint for understanding declining pluralism across the Middle East.
 
India-U.S. ties are now strong enough to bear strains
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/India-U.S.-ties-are-now-strong-enough-to-bear-strains