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Geopolitics — the world explained through geography.
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Prisoners of Geography
Why the map still writes the rules · 4 chapters
Sallust's theorem
How a common enemy holds an alliance together · 7 chapters
Thucydides's trap
When a rising power meets a ruling one · 7 chapters
Why Russia invaded Ukraine
A geographic view · 9 chapters
Chokepoints & pinch-lines
Where geography turns a small border into a lever · 5 chapters
The US won the geographic lottery
Two oceans, weak neighbours, one river · 7 chapters
US in Latin America
The Monroe Doctrine, updated · 6 chapters
Why Washington cannot ignore Cuba
Ninety miles of open water · 7 chapters
Why the US wants Greenland
The Arctic opens, and the map tilts north · 7 chapters
China's buffer ring
From the Han heartland to Tibet · 5 chapters
Why China wants Taiwan
Geography, the first island chain & the US · 7 chapters
India — the rising third pole
A billion-person democracy wedged between China, Pakistan and the Indian Ocean · 6 chapters
North Korea — the buffer that became a threat
How a Chinese buffer state built the missiles that now target everyone · 5 chapters
Critical minerals — the new oil
Who mines it, who processes it, who is denied it · 6 chapters
The AI race — chips, power, data, people
Why the map of AI runs through Taiwan, the Netherlands, the Gulf and the grid · 10 chapters
Energy independence — fossil, nuclear, green
Who fuels themselves, who depends on whom, and what green energy changes · 9 chapters
War in the Middle East & the world's energy supply
How a regional war can shake every petrol pump and power grid on Earth · 9 chapters
Defensibility — why some countries are hard to invade
Mountains, oceans, rivers, nukes and alliances — the anatomy of a hard target · 9 chapters
Europe's energy after Russia
How the continent tried to rewire itself in eighteen months · 5 chapters
The Arctic — the new frontier
Ice melts, borders return, and eight countries suddenly share a coastline · 5 chapters
The Sahel and the African coup belt
Wagner, uranium, and the migration corridor to Europe · 5 chapters
Perspectives
Perspective: the United States
How Washington reads the map under Trump II · 11 chapters
Perspective: China
How Beijing reads the map · 10 chapters
Perspective: Russia
How Moscow reads the map · 9 chapters
Perspective: Europe
How Brussels, Berlin and Paris read the map · 9 chapters
Perspective: the Global South
How Delhi, Brasília, Pretoria and Jakarta read the map · 9 chapters
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Geography
Terrain & relief
Mountain ranges
Major rivers
Maritime chokepoints
Shipping lanes
Steppe & Sahel corridors
Critical minerals
Fossil energy (oil, gas, shale)
Political
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