Geopolitics & Strategy
Alliance dynamics, power competition, sanctions, and strategic posture.
248 articlesLatest
Video
Assad Loyalists Are Plotting a Comeback in Syria — and It's Falling Apart
Exiled Assad loyalists in Russia and Lebanon are competing to revive the old Syrian regime, but money, rivalry, and a stabilizing Syria are sinking the plot.
Simon Whistler · June 2, 2026 
Video
The Biggest Losers of the Iran War So Far: How the Conflict Spilled Past Iran's Borders
A region-by-region map of the Iran War's global fallout, from the Gulf's desalination crisis to India's fuel shock, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Asia's energy triage.
Simon Whistler · June 2, 2026 
Video
What If BRICS Became a Military Alliance?
A defense analysis of whether the BRICS bloc could become a NATO-style military alliance, its combined firepower, and why collective defense remains unlikely.
Simon Whistler · June 2, 2026 
Video
Can Japan Stop China? Tokyo's Remilitarization and the Race for Asia
As Washington's commitment to Asia wavers, Japan under PM Takaichi is rearming and building a regional coalition to check Chinese dominance. Can it work?
Simon Whistler · June 2, 2026 
Video
Could Canada Become Europe's Arsenal? The Case for a New Trans-Atlantic Defense Pact
Europe needs weapons it can't build fast enough, and Canada has idle industrial capacity. Inside the case for Canada becoming Europe's defense arsenal.
Simon Whistler · June 2, 2026 
Video
China's Invisible Navy: How a Fishing Fleet Became a Strategic Weapon in the East China Sea
Thousands of Chinese maritime militia vessels are massing in geometric formations off Shanghai, testing a force that could decide a Taiwan invasion while Washington looks elsewhere.
Simon Whistler · June 2, 2026 WarFronts Weekly
Context and analysis on conflicts across the world.
Two emails each week — WarFronts Weekly on Tuesdays, Friday Blitz on Fridays.
More in Geopolitics & Strategy
Video
Germany's Debt-Brake Crisis: How Constitutional Fiscal Rules Are Undermining Ukraine's Defense
Germany imposes moratorium on new military aid to Ukraine due to constitutional debt limits, threatening Europe's second-largest donor and emboldening Puti
Simon Whistler · February 17, 2026 
Video
The Greenland Crisis Has Broken NATO
The Greenland crisis exposed fundamental fractures in NATO, damaging trust between members and threatening the transatlantic security architecture.
Simon Whistler · February 17, 2026 
Video
Has World War III Already Started? Analyzing Global Conflict Escalation and Geopolitical Realignment
Examining whether WWIII has begun amid Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan conflicts. Analysis of geopolitical escalation, great power competition, and emerging global di
Simon Whistler · February 17, 2026 
Video
How Russia Controls the Narrative: Inside the Kremlin's Global Information Warfare Campaign
Explore Russia's sophisticated disinformation campaigns, from social media manipulation to institutional infiltration, and the West's inadequate response.
Simon Whistler · February 17, 2026 
Video
How Russia Gaslights the World: Putin's Decades-Long Campaign of Denial and Disinformation
Examine Russia's systematic geopolitical gaslighting under Putin: from Crimea to Ukraine invasion, sabotage across Europe, and escalating NATO provocations
Simon Whistler · February 17, 2026 
Video
How to Protect a Ukrainian DMZ: Europe's Challenge in Deterring Future Russian Aggression
How European forces can deter Russian aggression in post-ceasefire Ukraine without major US troop deployment, leveraging air, naval, and coalition strategi
Simon Whistler · February 17, 2026