The Horn of Africa has become one of the most contested regions in the world. In this video, we explain why global and regional powers are competing for ports, military bases, and strategic access along the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Located at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific, […]
Please subscribe to our Youtube channel. In this video, I analyze United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 (2025) and the establishment of the Board of Peace, a new international governance mechanism for Gaza. For the first time in UN practice, the United Nations Security Council endorses a comprehensive political plan and creates a transitional international […]
Subsribe to our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@geopoliticsro 2007. 2018. 2026. Three speeches. Three moments. One global rupture. In this video, we analyze how the rules-based international order did not collapse overnight — it was quietly dismantled through words, doctrine, and strategic choices. From Vladimir Putin’s 2007 Munich Security Conference speech, through Donald Trump’s 2018 address to the […]
by Toby Pughe FCII and Kirill K. Savrassov With the BRI, new infrastructure have been constructed. But natural disasters can threaten large infrastructure projects and create financial turmoil in developing countries along the new Silk Road. Insurance-Linked Securities can mitigate this risk, but local authorities need to know more about this tool. The protection […]
by Giulio Stefano Ravot University of Cagliari, Trinity College Dublin Seven years have passed since the launch of the BRI, ipso facto several authors have questioned, even critically, how the disputes arising from the Chinese initiative should be managed and resolved. In this sense, a quote of Professor Malik Dahlan from Queen Mary University of […]
by Marcela GANEA Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, retired astronaut and former president of the Association of Space Explorers has recently been an online speaker during the 3rd China Space Conference and China International Commercial Space Online Symposium, an event organized by FutureSpace Institute and supervised by China National Space Administration together with other Chinese Space organizations. […]
By Marcela GANEA Between 10-12 April 2019, in Dubrovnik, the 8th edition of the 16+1 CEEC-China summit took place and Li Keqiang, the Chinese Prime Minister, was present. Apart from meetings with the Croatian officials, bilateral meetings, the press conference and formal statements, one interesting moment took place on 11 April when Andrej Plenković, […]
Some Western critics project the Belt and Road Initiative and its projects as being “non-transparent”, “undermining EU regulations” and supporting “illiberal regimes in Eastern Europe”. As a result, there has been a move from rhetorical criticism to a “call for action” against Belt and Road projects, such as an appeal for stricter regulations and imposing […]
The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Bucharest: “With Hodeidah port restored, chances for a political solution are increasing” by Marcela GANEA On 13 June, the “Golden Victory” operation began in Yemen after the deadline set by the United Arab Emirates for the Houthis to release Hodeidah port under their control expired. […]
At the end of April, The Washington Post was writing in detail about the mechanism by which the 25 Qatari hostages, including 9 members of the royal family, kidnapped by gunmen in a desert area in Iraq near the Saudi border in December 2015 during a hunting trip, were released after 17 months, in […]