Geopolitics

Geopolitics

explore below

China

The Geopolitics of Microchips

The US and China are fighting a war. It's a weird one that's hard to see. It's b...

By Johnny Harris

War and Industrial Policy

War means industry. Wars cannot be fought with supply chains that crisscross a g...

By Zoltan Pozsar

Breaking Down New Tech Export Controls On China

The US Commerce Department just dropped 100+ pages of new export control regulat...

By Jordan Schneider

Will Great Powers War Once More? (feat. Elbridge Colby)

Elbridge Colby talks U.S.-China competition, Taiwan, geopolitics, and more on Mo...

By Moment of Truth

America’s Industrial Base Isn’t Ready for War With China

Washington must invest immediately in a domestic capacity to build and repair mi...

By Elbridge Colby and Alexander B. Gray

Sino-Forming of Global South Passes Point of No Return

As Western nations question the benefits of globalization, China has become the ...

By David P. Goldman

Two Kinds of Détente

A strategy of détente with Russia and China would buy the United States time to...

By David P. Goldman

Russia

‘Ukraine Maximalists’ On The Right Still Dominate. But For How Long?

Their position is eroding as more Republicans are worried about the threat of es...

By William Ruger

Symposium: Lessons From Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

As the one-year mark of the Ukraine-Russia war approaches, Moscow has failed in ...

By Various

BlackRock Plots to Buy Ukraine

BlackRock will be creating a roadmap for reconstruction for Ukraine....

By Bradley Devlin

Iraq, Afghanistan Provide Lessons on US Weapons Flows

Will this latest batch of weapons headed to Ukraine finally win the peace? While...

By James R. Webb

George Kennan’s Warning on Ukraine

"If alive today, Kennan would note the danger of cornering the Russians to the p...

By Frank Costigliola

Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault

The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin...

By John J. Mearsheimer

Are We Sure America Is Not at War in Ukraine?

Are we at war in Ukraine? If we swapped places — if Russian apparatchiks admit...

By Bonnie Kristian

Moment of Truth Episodes

Why Russia Fell Flat (feat. Dr. Jon Askonas)

In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Dr. Jon ...

By Moment of Truth

NATO Delenda Est (feat. Dr. Sumantra Maitra)

Dr. Sumantra Maitra joins Moment of Truth to talk NATO, foreign policy, realism,...

By Moment of Truth

Will Great Powers War Once More? (feat. Elbridge Colby)

Elbridge Colby talks U.S.-China competition, Taiwan, geopolitics, and more on Mo...

By Moment of Truth

Biden’s Build Back Beijing Plan (feat. Michael Stumo)

Michael Stumo talks trade, Biden's 'Build Back Better' plan, industrial policy, ...

By Moment of Truth

Janky Wars, Jingoism, and Joe Biden (feat. Dan Caldwell)

Dan Caldwell joins Moment of Truth to talk realism and restraint, the situation ...

By Moment of Truth

To End Our Empire In Afghanistan (feat. Will Ruger)

In Today's "Moment of Truth," we sit down with Will Ruger, a veteran of the Afgh...

By Moment of Truth

Can We Please Buy Greenland? (feat. Nick Solheim)

In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sit downs with American Moment's very own ...

By Moment of Truth

More

‘The World That We Will Live and Die In’

“There’s been this desire in the last 50 or 60 years…to define America’s...

By Micah Meadowcroft

Getting Serious About Responsible Defense Spending

"Congress needs to take a Moneyball approach to our national defense," writes Dr...

By Dr. Kevin Roberts

The Collapse of Globalization and America’s Retreat

Peter Zeihan, geopolitical strategist and author of The End of the World Is Just...

By Realignment Podcast

How TSMC Became a Linchpin of the Global Economy

At a time of shortages and superpower competition over new technology, the compa...

By Kathrin Hille

The Mineral Conflict Is Here

The Ukraine War is resulting in the biggest shock to the global energy system si...

By Brian Balkus

Defense Contracting is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.

America swapped innovation for stagnation. Defense R&D—a cornerstone of Americ...

By Gabriela Rodriguez

No One Wants to Join The Military Anymore

Our elites’ culture war has targeted the very Americans who traditionally enli...

By Jeff Groom

Middle East

The Impact of the Abraham Accords

Mohammed Soliman writes on the impact of the Abraham Accords in The National Int...

By Mohammed Soliman

Janky Wars, Jingoism, and Joe Biden (feat. Dan Caldwell)

Dan Caldwell joins Moment of Truth to talk realism and restraint, the situation ...

By Moment of Truth

Iraq Invasion: The Road To Folly

"A war that fails to achieve clear political objectives is merely an exercise in...

By Eric S. Margolis

To End Our Empire In Afghanistan (feat. Will Ruger)

In Today's "Moment of Truth," we sit down with Will Ruger, a veteran of the Afgh...

By Moment of Truth

Data-Driven Defeat: Information Versus Interests in Afghanistan

"A broad consensus among the D.C. foreign policy establishment has held that Ame...

By Jacob Siegel

The True Cost of War (feat. Joe Kent) | Moment of Truth Ep. 16

In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh & Nick sit down with Joe Kent, former Gree...

By Moment of Truth

Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

A former foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe and The New York Times, Step...

By Stephen Kinzer

Realism Theory

The Case for a Restrained Republican Foreign Policy

Conservatives Can’t Go Back to Ignoring the Limits of American Power ...

By Dan Caldwell

The Monroe+ Doctrine: A 21st Century Update for America’s Foreign Policy

America’s foreign policy has been adrift since 2003, clinging to outdated doct...

By Anthony J. Constantini

George Kennan’s Warning on Ukraine

"If alive today, Kennan would note the danger of cornering the Russians to the p...

By Frank Costigliola

Emmanuel Todd: World War III has already begun

French historian Emmanuel Todd says that the West is now in an existential confl...

By Rob Lownie

Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault

The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin...

By John J. Mearsheimer

Why Russia and China Are Strengthening Security Ties

Alexander Gabuev explores whether or not the United States has played a role in ...

By Alexander Gabuev

Why Nation-States Are Good

The nation-state remains the best foundation for capitalism, and hyper-globalisa...

By Dani Rodrik

Intel Community

The CIA: Bumbling Intelligence

"The CIA’s task is to lead a frenzied clamor of alarm about “disinformation,...

By Martin Gurri

Regime Change, American Style: The Real Story of Watergate

Nixon’s enemies indulged in a retrospective moralization of Watergate, obfusca...

By Christopher Caldwell

The American Security State Comes Home

After 21 years, it appears we have gone full circle: the War on Terror’s “yo...

By Arta Moeini and David Carment

Glenn Greenwald: Democrats Have Become Increasingly Authoritarian

Glenn Greenwald breaks down a mountain of evidence showing that Democrats are mu...

By Glenn Greenwald

President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Warning Against The “Military Industrial Complex”

President Eisenhower's dire last-minute warning against what he called 'The Mili...

By US National Archives

History

The Hell of Good Intentions: America’s Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy

In The Hell of Good Intentions, Stephen Walt critiques liberal hegemony and the ...

By Stephen Walt

Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

A former foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe and The New York Times, Step...

By Stephen Kinzer

John Quincy Adams’ 1821 Independence Day Address

Then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams used this speech to lay out his vision...

By President John Quincy Adams

Europe

Europe Is The Free-Rider Continent

“The cuddly form of capitalism embraced in Europe has markedly failed to creat...

By "Charlemagne"

The U.S. effort to arm Ukraine starts in Scranton, Pennsylvania

The war in Ukraine has led to a huge surge in U.S. ammunition production. ...

By Joshua Keating

Germany’s Apokalypse Now

The worst nightmares of Europe’s sleeping giant are coming true all at once....

By Jeremy Stern

NATO Delenda Est (feat. Dr. Sumantra Maitra)

Dr. Sumantra Maitra joins Moment of Truth to talk NATO, foreign policy, realism,...

By Moment of Truth

NATO Expansion for Finland and Sweden: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Distraction from U.S. Interests

"What is the hegemonic threat potential of a great power across a continent that...

By Dr. Sumantra Maitra

Zemmour is the Future

"Éric Zemmour is running for president in France. Americans should pay attentio...

By Micah Meadowcroft

The Hungarian Way of Strategy

The Hungarian Way of Strategy is a riveting, tangible, and applicable read. Unli...

By Balázs Orbán

Stay up to date with us

Subscribe

Get weekly Canon roundups straight to your inbox