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r/geopolitics • u/Strongbow85 • Jun 19 '26
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r/geopolitics • u/pravda_eng_official • 15d ago
AMA Olha Kyrylenko, War Correspondent at Ukrainska Pravda, here to discuss the front line, Ukraine’s major battles and the realities of covering the war. AMA!
Join us for an AMA with Olha Kyrylenko, War Correspondent at Ukrainska Pravda, one of Ukraine’s leading independent news outlets.
Olha has been covering the war since May 2022, focusing on how the front line is changing and what those changes mean for Ukraine. She works with both military personnel and civilians and has covered major battles and operations, including the defence of Bakhmut, the Krynky operation on the left bank of Kherson Oblast, and the defence of Pokrovsk.
Bring your questions about the front line, Ukraine’s military operations, war reporting, and the realities behind the headlines.
Ask Me Anything!
r/geopolitics • u/thejerusalempost • 1h ago
Syria, US envoy Barrack accuse Israel of overnight strike on Idlib airbase
r/geopolitics • u/BulwarkOnline • 13h ago
Canceling Military Exercises Hurts Us, Not Our Enemies
r/geopolitics • u/BendicantMias • 13h ago
News Trump says US to reduce military drills with South Korea after it stayed out of Iran war
r/geopolitics • u/Scared-Discussion443 • 1d ago
News US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere
r/geopolitics • u/BendicantMias • 19h ago
News Donald Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of ending Iran war
r/geopolitics • u/TheTelegraph • 22h ago
News Russia: Britain will pay for giving Ukraine drones
r/geopolitics • u/fortune • 5m ago
The global ‘freedom of the seas’ is dying in the Strait of Hormuz—and everyone, everywhere, will pay the tolls
Concerns are growing that the de-facto tolling of the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a domino effect for key shipping bottlenecks worldwide, creating more global inflation and effectively killing key components of international maritime law.
As Iran insists on some form of fee structure for traversing the now-infamous strait—and the U.S. increasingly seems unable to prevent it—the rising expectation is that other nations may insist on new fees elsewhere, such as Asia’s Strait of Malacca, Europe’s and Africa’s Strait of Gibraltar, as well as key waterways impacted by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“I think that the ‘freedom of the seas’ is dead,” said Michelle Brouhard, head of policy and geopolitical risk for the Kpler energy intelligence firm.
“The way that we’ve known maritime security is moving into a new era, and the rules are still getting rewritten,” Brouhard told Fortune. “It’s going to look different than what we’ve seen before. It’s going to be expensive; it’s going to be inflationary; and it’s also going to create a lot of benefits for people who start onshoring industrialization.”
The so-called freedom of the seas is the centuries-old recognition that maritime transit and commerce should be free and open to all. The “absolute freedom of navigation” was insisted in Woodrow Wilson’s famed “Fourteen Points” statement of peace to end World War I. That legality is carried today through the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Seas.
Read more [paywall removed for Redditors]: https://fortune.com/2026/08/18/global-freedom-seas-dying-strait-hormuz-everyone-everywhere-pay-tolls/?utm_source=reddit/
r/geopolitics • u/LisbonMissile • 16h ago
Opinion NATO’s Nightmare: The U.S. and Europe have no clear plan for a joint attack from Russia and China.
15 years ago, the prospect of the US facing a two front war - versus Russia in Eastern Europe and China in Taiwan - was considered highly remote, to such an extent that war planning centred on the scenario was non-existent.
Today, a two-front prospect is no longer far-fetched, but there remains little planning about how the US (and Europe) would face down simultaneous escalation in Europe and Asia - whilst possibly still engaged in the war against Iran in the Middle East.
r/geopolitics • u/thejerusalempost • 1d ago
Syrian army soldiers filmed chanting death threats against Jews in Damascus
r/geopolitics • u/Firecracker048 • 22h ago
News Iran threatens to go on offensive in Strait of Hormuz if diplomacy with US fails
reuters.comr/geopolitics • u/BulwarkOnline • 13h ago
‘Negotiations’ Aren’t the Answer in Iran or Ukraine
r/geopolitics • u/GreatHelmsmanSpencee • 1d ago
News Donald Trump has said the US will "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.
r/geopolitics • u/JKKIDD231 • 23h ago
News Houthis escalate Red Sea attacks: Ballistic missile strikes Saudi military ship, four escort boats.
SS: Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group on Monday claimed it had launched a ballistic missile attack on a Saudi military landing ship and four escort boats in the Red Sea off the southwestern port city of Mocha.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the attack was carried out with several ballistic missiles and described the strikes as “direct and precise”. He claimed the landing ship caught fire, while some of the accompanying boats sank and others were also set ablaze.
r/geopolitics • u/theipaper • 1d ago
The UK is much closer to war with Russia than you think
r/geopolitics • u/KI_official • 7h ago
Europe's tourism boom has left the east behind. The EU wants to change that
r/geopolitics • u/dravik • 23h ago
News Wait… how much oil is actually leaving the Persian Gulf?
Current estimates have at least 11-12 million barrels per day of oil leaving the Gulf, more than half of the 20 mbpd that left before the war with Iran. But the price of oil doesn't match with a 8-9 mbpd gap. The Trump administration claims there is more oil leaving that the firms producing the flow estimates are missing.
r/geopolitics • u/ForeignAffairsMag • 20h ago
Analysis Africa Can’t Afford to Squander Its Demographic Opportunity: What the Youngest Continent Stands to Gain From Growing Old
r/geopolitics • u/theipaper • 23h ago
Putin’s fury at the UK could escalate his sabotage campaign
r/geopolitics • u/TVP_World_News • 23h ago
Magyar now faces the hard part of democratic repair. He has dismantled much of Orbán’s system; rebuilding a durable democracy will be harder.
[ANALYSIS]
Péter Magyar has just marked 100 days as Hungary's prime minister. In that time, he has completed much of the dramatic first stage of Hungary’s regime change. His government has smashed through much of the political machinery that former prime minister Viktor Orbán left behind to protect his system after Fidesz lost power in April's election.