Tag: geopolitics

• Iran at war: Overt stability masks deepening crises

  June 7, 2026

  One hundred days after the start of the Iran war, the Islamic Republic appears stable. But beneath the surface, economic strain, social unrest and growing repression point to deeper instability.… more ›

• China’s tech rise is creating a new kind of tourism

  June 1, 2026

  As fears of falling behind in AI grow, tech founders and investors are paying thousands of dollars to tour China’s EV factories and startups. https://restofworld.org/2026/china-ai-tourism/ more ›

• ‘There is profound disappointment in him’: mood in Russia turns against Putin

  May 24, 2026

  Increasingly isolated president is determined to press on with Ukraine war, say well-placed sources, despite ailing economy https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/may/24/there-is-profound-disappointment-in-him-mood-in-russia-turns-against-putin?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• US president Donald Trump meets China leader Xi Jinping

  May 14, 2026

  Trump is meeting Xi in Beijing, with the two superpower leaders expected to discuss the Iran war, trade, Taiwan and artificial intelligence https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2026/may/14/donald-trump-meets-xi-jinping-china-summit-in-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• The Coming Entropy Of Our World Order

  May 13, 2026

  How do we reconcile an increasingly fractured order with an increasingly planetary reality? https://www.noemamag.com/the-coming-entropy-of-our-world-order more ›

• Boomerang

  April 28, 2026

  Empires have a way of seeding their own destruction. more ›

• Chartbook 439 Electrostates v. petrostates. Clarifying a tricky distinction.

  April 8, 2026

  Some time last year a distinction began to be drawn between electrostates and petrostates. https://open.substack.com/pub/adamtooze/p/chartbook-439-electrostates-v-petrostates?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• Which firms will clean up after the Iran war is finally over?

  March 25, 2026

  When the missiles and drones eventually stop flying in the U.S.-Israeli air strikes against Iran, a new contest is likely to get underway: the scramble for contracts to rebuild damaged… more ›

• Tearing Up the Map • EQUATOR

  March 21, 2026

  Netanyahu’s war to remake the Middle East https://www.equator.org/articles/tearing-up-the-map more ›

• The national interest: politics after globalisation | LSE Event

  March 9, 2026

  Are the politics of national interest making a comeback in the multipolar world after the end of globalisation? What is the national interest and why did it get forgotten at… more ›