Geopoliticalmonitor.com

06/27/2025

https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/a-crisis-like-no-other-fentanyl-in-the-united-states/

Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids have produced an unprecedented public health crisis in the United States. This backgrounder explores the pharmacological, criminal, and technological factors that make the fentanyl crisis a regulatory and policing challenge like no other.

04/29/2025

Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids have produced an unprecedented public health crisis in the United States. This backgrounder explores the pharmacological, criminal, and technological factors that make the fentanyl crisis a regulatory and policing challenge like no other.

04/29/2025

In an environment of mounting geopolitical risk, alternative shipping routes like the Middle Corridor could be game-changers for Germany’s economic security, notably in diversified access to critical minerals.

04/29/2025

Whether motivated by Trump’s antagonistic relationship with the press, or business considerations tied to figures like Musk, attempts to shut down RFA and VOA represent a major strategic misstep.

04/29/2025

The political forces that thwarted the European Defense Community - a previous attempt at a common EU army and defense policy - still exist today, looming large over Brussels' attempts to establish an autonomous strategic posture and escape from Washington’s shadow.

04/29/2025

As China and Russia gain ground, the EU is recalibrating its Africa policy—blending values with economic, migration, and security priorities in a competitive global landscape.

04/29/2025

There are alarming signs that history is about to repeat as domestic political factions position themselves for a return to civil conflict in South Sudan.

04/29/2025

The EU’s path to true strategic autonomy runs through the very thing the bloc has always lacked: political will.

04/29/2025

Examining China’s double-standard policy in Myanmar - a pragmatic and economically-driven attempt to safeguard Beijing’s interests amid a chaotic and ever-changing civil war.

04/29/2025

The Trump administration is actively undermining the conditions that allowed American industry—and American markets—to dominate for so long.

04/29/2025

https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/water-conflict-in-central-asia/

A volatile cocktail of climate stressors, weak institutions, and faltering water diplomacy is setting the stage for future water conflicts in Central Asia.

A volatile cocktail of climate stressors, weak institutions, and faltering water diplomacy is setting the stage for future water conflicts in Central Asia.

04/29/2025

https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/russias-armed-forces-emerging-stronger-from-ukraine-war/

Despite the disasters of the early phase of the Ukraine war, a reoriented wartime economy and massive spending increases have left Russia’s armed forces in a better position than when the conflict started.

Despite the disasters of the early phase of the Ukraine war, a reoriented wartime economy and massive spending increases have left Russia’s armed forces in a better position than when the conflict started.