#geopolitics
14 pages tagged with "geopolitics"
news
- august 2025 economic events — comprehensive economic calendar covering august 11-24, 2025: central bank decisions, data releases, jackson hole symposium, and geopolitical developments
- september 2025 economic events — comprehensive economic calendar for september 1-7, 2025: us employment report, paris ukraine summit, global pmi data, opec+ production meeting, and geopolitical developments
- week of september 15, 2025 economic events — unprecedented convergence week: fed/boj/boe/boc decisions, triple witching, arab-islamic summit, six elections, freedom edge exercise, and eu sanctions creating systemic volatility vortex
- week of september 21, 2025 economic events — post-crescendo analysis for september 21-28, 2025: nato article 4 invoked, western powers recognize palestine, and markets digest central bank divergence amid critical data releases
- week of september 28, 2025 economic events — september jobs report to confirm labor market cooling as markets navigate china weakness, central bank divergence, and opec+ supply decisions amid elevated geopolitical tensions
- week of september 8, 2025 economic events — comprehensive economic calendar for september 8-14, 2025: us inflation data (ppi/cpi), ecb rate decision at 2.00%, opec+ production increases, and geopolitical developments
security
- Enlarging NATO: The Russia Factor (RAND, 1996) — A 1996 report that provides a political-military analysis of the dynamics of NATO enlargement, with a particular focus on the interaction between the West and Russia. It assesses Russia's foreign policy and defense strategy and proposes alternative approaches for the United States and its allies.
- Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People — A joint statement issued on February 4, 2022, that outlines a shared vision for international relations. It opposes the further enlargement of NATO, criticizes the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy, and declares that the friendship between the two states has 'no limits.'
- National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation (2021 Summary) — A summary of the key points from Russia's 2021 National Security Strategy. This document outlines Russia's view of the international environment, its national interests, and its strategic priorities, reflecting a confrontational stance towards the West.
- nato overview — hub for nato background, full document library, chronology, and related concepts
- Putin's Munich Speech (2007) — Speech by Vladimir Putin at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy, criticizing a unipolar order and NATO enlargement; widely seen as an inflection point in Russia–West relations.
- The Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation (2023) — Approved in March 2023, this document outlines Russia's current foreign policy. It frames Russia as a unique 'state-civilization' and calls for the formation of a 'multipolar world order,' taking a highly confrontational stance towards the 'collective West.'
- The Suwałki Gap: A Strategic Analysis — An analysis of the Suwałki Gap, a critical vulnerability on NATO's eastern flank. This narrow land corridor is the only overland route connecting the Baltic states to the rest of the Alliance, making it a focal point of NATO's deterrence and defense planning.