Geopolitical Horizons

100,000 Russian soldiers are standing on Ukraine's freezing border at this very moment. Everyone is getting ready for a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The US the UK and the EU have all threatened Russia with serious repercussions if it invades and Russia has called for guarantees and commitments from NATO for it to back down. There are so many questions from will Russia really invade? Will Europe defend Ukraine or will the US intervene as well as, is this WW3? In this podcast we try to make sense of it all.

The US dollar has been the dominant global currency for several decades now and has provided the US with a strategic tool that has paid dividends many times over. With the rise of China in the 21st century there is much talk about challenges to the dollar as the global reserve currency. 

Yusuf Chaudhry sits down with thegeopolity founder, Adnan khan, for a preview of Strategic Estimate 2022, a new geopolity report which will be published on 1st January 2022. Strategic Estimate 2022 looks at the key political, geopolitical, economic, military and social trends of 2021 and what we can expect from 2022 

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Turkeys Recep Tayyip Erdogan for long was considered a capable hand with the economy, the term ‘Erdogonomics’ was even coined. But with Turkeys’ lira crashing, the economy struggling to grow, debt out of control and Erdogan blaming foreign conspiracies is ‘Erdoganomics unravelling.

After two weeks of talks the COP26 summit in Glasgow delivered a rather watered down final statement. It would seem once again national interests were the priority over the fate of the planet. There was lots of talking but very little doing. In this podcast the geopolity look at the politics of climate change 

Energy is back in the news again as gas prices rise across the world. In the UK we have seen panic buying, whilst China is experiencing blackouts. In the modern world we all rely on energy from plastics for packaging to fuel in your car. Energy is critical in the modern world and is a necessary ingredient in many everyday processes. In this energy 101 podcast the geopolity looks at all things energy

As the Germans head to the polls this will be the first election in two decades for which Chancellor Angela Merkel is not a candidate. Germany’s election outcome is important as the result doesn’t just affect Germany but also the European continent. 

America’s disorganised departure from Afghanistan has added to the debate about the decline of the US as the global superpower. Whilst America was head and shoulders above the rest at the turn of the 21st century, two decades on things are not going well for the global superpower who continues to make a mess of everything she touches. Are we witnessing the end of America’s leadership of the world? 

It has now been over two weeks since the Taliban took over Kabul and the worlds attention has remained fixated on mountainous nation. Many are still trying to make sense of what has taken place, how a regime fell so suddenly after receiving billions in aid and how a guerrilla movement was able to take on the global superpower. There has been little media coverage of how the Afghan people perceive the new government and their feelings on the now fallen US installed regime. In this Geopolity podcast Massihollah Rohparwar, from Mazar-i-Sharif, North Afghanistan delves into what this all means for the people of Afghanistan 

Pakistan gained independence from British rule 74 years ago when India was partitioned. It has been a difficult journey for Pakistan ever since as security, development, political stability and representative rule have remained in a flux. Pakistan has been regularly caught up in competition between the global powers and whilst domestically successive civilian governments have been overthrown by military intervention. In this podcast the geopolity looks at Pakistan and where it stands today as many celebrate its independence day on August 14.