Joseph John
@josephjohn000.bsky.social
Program Editor at Al Jazeera English, Quizzes on Global Geopolitics.
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The handover of the Panama Canal and the U.S. education department: two of Jimmy Carter’s legacies under threat during Donald Trump’s second presidency. The details in my Geopolitico quiz answers on the former president’s domestic and global legacy geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-ji...
Answers: Jimmy Carter's Domestic and Global Legacy
Jimmy Carter was buried in his hometown of Plains, Georgia after being honoured with a state funeral in Washington DC on January 9.
geopolitico.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The handover of the Panama Canal and the U.S. education department: two of Jimmy Carter’s legacies under threat during Donald Trump’s second presidency. The details in my Geopolitico quiz answers on the former president’s domestic and global legacy geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-ji...
Jannik Sinner has won the Australian Open for a second straight year. His victory last year had piqued my curiosity about his roots in a predominantly German-speaking region of Italy, which in turn inspired a quiz on Language and Turmoil. geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-la...
Answers: Language and Turmoil
I posted this quiz on February 21, a day recognised by the United Nations as International Mother Language Day to promote and celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity.
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January 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Jannik Sinner has won the Australian Open for a second straight year. His victory last year had piqued my curiosity about his roots in a predominantly German-speaking region of Italy, which in turn inspired a quiz on Language and Turmoil. geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-la...
My Geopolitico quiz on U.S. presidential inaugurations, initially posted four years ago but still relevant.
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Answers: U.S. Presidential Inaugurations
1) What is the 20th amendment of the U.S.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
My Geopolitico quiz on U.S. presidential inaugurations, initially posted four years ago but still relevant.
geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-us...
geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-us...
Following Kamala Harris’ failed presidential bid, who is the only U.S.-born woman to be president of a country? My quiz on the fictional pursuits of national leaders includes the Chicago-born labour activist who became a head of state in South America geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-fi...
Answers: Fictional Pursuits of National Leaders
Answers
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January 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Following Kamala Harris’ failed presidential bid, who is the only U.S.-born woman to be president of a country? My quiz on the fictional pursuits of national leaders includes the Chicago-born labour activist who became a head of state in South America geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-fi...
While the spotlight is on the US on Donald Trump’s inauguration day, a reminder that 2024 was an election year across the world like no other. My latest Geopolitico quiz on the elections held last year that covered a significant chunk of the global population geopolitico.substack.com/p/2024-and-e...
2024 and Elections
An unprecedented year for polling
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January 20, 2025 at 5:29 AM
While the spotlight is on the US on Donald Trump’s inauguration day, a reminder that 2024 was an election year across the world like no other. My latest Geopolitico quiz on the elections held last year that covered a significant chunk of the global population geopolitico.substack.com/p/2024-and-e...
The U.S. imposes sanctions on Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, a week after penalising his rival in the 21-month-long civil war Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. I explain the roots of what’s now the world's worst humanitarian crisis in my Geopolitico quiz geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-su...
Answers: Sudan's Past and Present
Sudan is the third largest country in Africa (it was the largest until South Sudan broke away in 2011) and one of the poorest in the world, ranked 172 in the United Nations’ Human Development Report. ...
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January 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The U.S. imposes sanctions on Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, a week after penalising his rival in the 21-month-long civil war Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. I explain the roots of what’s now the world's worst humanitarian crisis in my Geopolitico quiz geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-su...
January 10 marked 96 years since Tintin first appeared on print. Tintin’s earliest representation is now in the public domain in the U.S., as copyright protection expired on January 1. Reposting my quiz on how geopolitics influenced Herge’s Tintin themes. geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-ti...
Answers: Tintin and the world of Herge
1) This word, one among the many insults in Captain Haddock’s repertoire, comes from the name given to mercenaries/irregular volunteers used by the Ottoman Empire in conflicts.
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January 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
January 10 marked 96 years since Tintin first appeared on print. Tintin’s earliest representation is now in the public domain in the U.S., as copyright protection expired on January 1. Reposting my quiz on how geopolitics influenced Herge’s Tintin themes. geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-ti...
My Geopolitico quiz on Jimmy Carter and his domestic and global legacy.
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Jimmy Carter's Domestic and Global Legacy
Jimmy Carter was buried in his hometown of Plains, Georgia after being honoured with a state funeral in Washington DC on January 9.
geopolitico.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My Geopolitico quiz on Jimmy Carter and his domestic and global legacy.
geopolitico.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...
geopolitico.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...
Lebanon has a president after more than two years of deadlock. The new president shares the same surname as the previous president and was army chief just like his predecessor (they are not related though). The details in my Geopolitico quiz on Lebanon geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-le...
Answers: Lebanon and Conflict
The modern history of Lebanon as a state began in 1920 under French control, following the Ottoman Empire’s defeat in the First World War.
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January 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Lebanon has a president after more than two years of deadlock. The new president shares the same surname as the previous president and was army chief just like his predecessor (they are not related though). The details in my Geopolitico quiz on Lebanon geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-le...
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The great Vikram Doctor has a fascinating piece on how H1B visa changed American food culture.
Seen this play out all around me for 19 years.
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Seen this play out all around me for 19 years.
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January 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The great Vikram Doctor has a fascinating piece on how H1B visa changed American food culture.
Seen this play out all around me for 19 years.
scroll.in/magazine/107...
Seen this play out all around me for 19 years.
scroll.in/magazine/107...
The answers to my Geopolitico quiz on Syria, as the country marks a month since the fall of Bashar Al Assad from power. geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-sy...
Answers: Syria and Conflict
After controlling Syria for 54 years, the last 13 of which saw civil war in which hundreds of thousands were killed, the Assad family’s hold on Syria evaporated in less than two weeks.
geopolitico.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The answers to my Geopolitico quiz on Syria, as the country marks a month since the fall of Bashar Al Assad from power. geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-sy...
Answers to my Geopolitico quiz on Syria
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Answers: Syria and Conflict
After controlling Syria for 54 years, the last 13 of which saw civil war in which hundreds of thousands were killed, the Assad family’s hold on Syria evaporated in less than two weeks.
geopolitico.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Answers to my Geopolitico quiz on Syria
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While impeachments roil South Korea after the martial law fiasco, Donald Trump is all set to make a comeback as president after facing two impeachment bids. Reposting the answers to my quiz on impeachments across the world, starting from Warren Hastings geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-im...
Answers: Impeachment across the world
1) An impeachment trial that began in Britain in 1788 and the earlier impeachment by the lower house was closely watched as the U.S.
geopolitico.substack.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:03 PM
While impeachments roil South Korea after the martial law fiasco, Donald Trump is all set to make a comeback as president after facing two impeachment bids. Reposting the answers to my quiz on impeachments across the world, starting from Warren Hastings geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-im...
Answers to my Geopolitico quiz on France’s colonial legacy, in a month that saw French troops start withdrawing from Chad and a cyclone adding to anger against undocumented migrants in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, a French overseas territory
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Answers: France's Colonial Legacy
Earlier this month, Senegal commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of West African soldiers who fought for France during World War II by French forces in Thiaroye near the capital Dakar. On D...
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December 28, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Answers to my Geopolitico quiz on France’s colonial legacy, in a month that saw French troops start withdrawing from Chad and a cyclone adding to anger against undocumented migrants in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, a French overseas territory
geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-fr...
geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-fr...
On Mohammed Rafi's birth centenary, a reminder of his only song in a Malayalam film. Composer Jithin Shyam roped in Rafi for the song Shabab Leke in Hindi in the 1980 Malayalam film Thaliritta Kinakkal www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKwa...
Shabab Leke Woh - Mohammed Rafi Rare Song
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December 24, 2024 at 5:23 PM
On Mohammed Rafi's birth centenary, a reminder of his only song in a Malayalam film. Composer Jithin Shyam roped in Rafi for the song Shabab Leke in Hindi in the 1980 Malayalam film Thaliritta Kinakkal www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKwa...
I had posted a Geopolitico quiz charting out a political history of chess during the Chess Olympiad in Chennai in 2022 when D. Gukesh won an individual gold medal. Reposting the quiz that covers past world champions and controversies. geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-a-...
Answers: A Political History of Chess
Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state in southern India played host to the 44th Chess Olympiad after the International Chess Federation (FIDE) took hosting rights away from Moscow following Russia’...
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December 12, 2024 at 8:13 PM
I had posted a Geopolitico quiz charting out a political history of chess during the Chess Olympiad in Chennai in 2022 when D. Gukesh won an individual gold medal. Reposting the quiz that covers past world champions and controversies. geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-a-...
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In the 1980s, "mass migration from Haiti was a transformative moment for the normalization of detention," with Reagan's administration using it to unlock the "first major investment in permanent migrant detention infrastructure." boltsmag.org/the-past-and...
December 12, 2024 at 6:03 AM
In the 1980s, "mass migration from Haiti was a transformative moment for the normalization of detention," with Reagan's administration using it to unlock the "first major investment in permanent migrant detention infrastructure." boltsmag.org/the-past-and...
My Geopolitico quiz newsletter on Syria, after the fall of Bashar Al Assad from power.
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Syria and Conflict
After controlling Syria for 54 years, the last 13 of which saw civil war in which hundreds of thousands were killed, the Assad family’s hold on Syria evaporated in less than two weeks.
geopolitico.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:59 AM
My Geopolitico quiz newsletter on Syria, after the fall of Bashar Al Assad from power.
geopolitico.substack.com/p/syria-and-...
geopolitico.substack.com/p/syria-and-...
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Connect a reformist movement in early 20th century Ottoman Empire, former U.S. President Gerald Ford, former Indian PM Chandra Shekhar and a group of Thai army officers behind a failed coup attempt. Details in the answers to my quiz on the Ottoman Empire geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-th...
Answers: The legacy of the Ottoman Empire
November 17 marks 102 years after the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI Vahideddin fled Istanbul and Turkiye, never to return. This makes it an appropriate day to post the answers to my qui...
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December 3, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Connect a reformist movement in early 20th century Ottoman Empire, former U.S. President Gerald Ford, former Indian PM Chandra Shekhar and a group of Thai army officers behind a failed coup attempt. Details in the answers to my quiz on the Ottoman Empire geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-th...
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The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the caliphate and its links to Mahatma Gandhi, Khilafat Movement and the Nizam of Hyderabad. Details in my Geopolitico quiz answers.
geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-th...
geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-th...
Answers: The legacy of the Ottoman Empire
November 17 marks 102 years after the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI Vahideddin fled Istanbul and Turkiye, never to return. This makes it an appropriate day to post the answers to my qui...
geopolitico.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:53 AM
The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the caliphate and its links to Mahatma Gandhi, Khilafat Movement and the Nizam of Hyderabad. Details in my Geopolitico quiz answers.
geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-th...
geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-th...
Juan Soto from the Dominican Republic has eclipsed Shohei Ohtani by landing the largest deal in professional sports history. More on the popularity of ‘America's pastime’ in Japan and the Dominican Republic in my Geopolitico quiz on baseball beyond the U.S. geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-ba...
Answers: Baseball beyond the U.S.
In September, Japan’s Shohei Ohtani became the first player to reach the landmark of 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a Major League Baseball season in the U.S.
geopolitico.substack.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Juan Soto from the Dominican Republic has eclipsed Shohei Ohtani by landing the largest deal in professional sports history. More on the popularity of ‘America's pastime’ in Japan and the Dominican Republic in my Geopolitico quiz on baseball beyond the U.S. geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-ba...
As South Korea’s President narrowly survives an impeachment attempt for trying to impose martial law, replugging my earlier Geopolitico quiz on impeachment across the world geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-im...
Answers: Impeachment across the world
1) An impeachment trial that began in Britain in 1788 and the earlier impeachment by the lower house was closely watched as the U.S.
geopolitico.substack.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:00 PM
As South Korea’s President narrowly survives an impeachment attempt for trying to impose martial law, replugging my earlier Geopolitico quiz on impeachment across the world geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-im...
As Ghana holds presidential elections, a reminder of the coup leader who eventually presided over a democratic transition that’s endured. More about Jerry Rawlings and other generals who transitioned to electoral politics in my quiz on Electoral Generals geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-el...
Answers: Electoral Generals
Military figures who transitioned to electoral politics
geopolitico.substack.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:54 PM
As Ghana holds presidential elections, a reminder of the coup leader who eventually presided over a democratic transition that’s endured. More about Jerry Rawlings and other generals who transitioned to electoral politics in my quiz on Electoral Generals geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-el...
Australia’s Gout Gout has become the fastest 16-year-old ever to run a 200m race. He also broke a 56-year-old Australian record set by Peter Norman in the 1968 Olympics, a race known for the other two 'Black Power salute' medallists. More in my Olympics quiz geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-ho...
Answers: How Olympics and Politics Intersect
Politics is never far away from the Olympics, from increasing concerns about the costs of hosting the mammoth event to sporting defections, the latest in Tokyo being Belarus’ Kristina Timanovskaya. Ch...
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December 7, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Australia’s Gout Gout has become the fastest 16-year-old ever to run a 200m race. He also broke a 56-year-old Australian record set by Peter Norman in the 1968 Olympics, a race known for the other two 'Black Power salute' medallists. More in my Olympics quiz geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-ho...
Taiwan's President visits Palau, one of the island's few diplomatic allies. An important part of ties is a shared love for baseball. While preparing my quiz on baseball beyond the US I was fascinated by the role of Japanese colonialism in spreading the game geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-ba...
Answers: Baseball beyond the U.S.
In September, Japan’s Shohei Ohtani became the first player to reach the landmark of 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a Major League Baseball season in the U.S.
geopolitico.substack.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Taiwan's President visits Palau, one of the island's few diplomatic allies. An important part of ties is a shared love for baseball. While preparing my quiz on baseball beyond the US I was fascinated by the role of Japanese colonialism in spreading the game geopolitico.substack.com/p/answers-ba...