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GeopoliticalGuy

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Population-wise, the U.S. is basically 50 different countries combined.

Source: Visual Capitalist

www.visualcapitalist.com/population-o...

November 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM

GeopoliticalGuy

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China’s loudest signal yet that it’s preparing to operate far beyond its own shores.

I unpack what this means (free post!) now up on my Substack.

#FujianCarrier #PLANavy #ChinaMilitary #IndoPacificSecurity #CarrierStrikeGroup #BlueWaterNavy

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Fujian Sets Sail: What China’s New Supercarrier Really Means

China’s latest and most advanced warship has officially joined the fleet.

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November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM

GeopoliticalGuy

@geopoliticalguy.bsky.social

A Socialist in the Capital of Capitalism: Mamdani’s New York Experiment open.substack.com/pub/geopolit...

#NYCPolitics #NewYorkMayor #NYC2025 #USPolitics #ZohranMamdani #Mamdani2025

A Socialist in the Capital of Capitalism: Mamdani’s New York Experiment

Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City’s 111th mayor is less a local upset than an inflection point for a party still reeling from its 2024 losses.

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November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM

GeopoliticalGuy

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Sudan is now home to the world’s largest displacement crisis, and yet one of the least discussed wars! open.substack.com/pub/geopolit... #SudanWar #DarfurCrisis #SudanConflict #RSF #SAF #Hemedti #AlFashir #ElGeneina #Khartoum #Darfur

November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM

GeopoliticalGuy

@geopoliticalguy.bsky.social

Sudan is now home to the world’s largest displacement crisis, and yet one of the least discussed wars! open.substack.com/pub/geopolit... #SudanWar #DarfurCrisis #SudanConflict #RSF #SAF #Hemedti #AlFashir #ElGeneina #Khartoum #Darfur

November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM

GeopoliticalGuy

@geopoliticalguy.bsky.social

Sudan is now home to the world’s largest displacement crisis, and yet one of the least discussed wars! open.substack.com/pub/geopolit... #SudanWar #DarfurCrisis #SudanConflict #RSF #SAF #Hemedti #AlFashir #ElGeneina #Khartoum #Darfur

November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM

GeopoliticalGuy

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Japans breaks a glass ceiling — but not its conservative mould. 🇯🇵

Read the full analysis on my Substack…

open.substack.com/pub/geopolit...

Takaichi’s Japan: Breaking Ceilings, Guarding Walls

Japan has entered a new political era — but not necessarily a more liberal one.

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October 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM

GeopoliticalGuy

@geopoliticalguy.bsky.social

China’s ports stretch from Djibouti to Darwin — a web of influence reshaping trade and power.
What began as infrastructure has become strategy.
The contours of the geopolitical map are permanently changed. 🌏⚓️

#China #BeltAndRoad

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Is China’s Network of Ports Too Big for Washington to Unravel?

China has spent two decades quietly tightening its grip on global maritime trade.

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October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM

GeopoliticalGuy

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What began as protests over blackouts and water cuts has become Madagascar’s biggest political upheaval in a decade — a Gen Z revolt that felled Rajoelina. But revolutions rarely end where they begin.

#Madagascar
#Rajoelina
#YouthQuake
#GenZProtests

geopoliticalguy.substack.com/p/madagascar...

October 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM

GeopoliticalGuy

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With such a polarised political landscape, brands are walking a tightrope between values and wallets.

Source: @statista

October 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM

GeopoliticalGuy

@geopoliticalguy.bsky.social

With recent developments in #Madagascar, here’s an article from a few weeks back. What’s happening isn’t isolated or confined to any region or ideology. More youth-led protests could be on the horizon.

tinyurl.com/2n9yr237

#FreeMadagascar #MialaRajoelina #GenZProtest #GenZ

October 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM

GeopoliticalGuy

@geopoliticalguy.bsky.social

“Soviet-style communism failed, not because it was intrinsically evil, but because it was flawed. It allowed too few people to usurp too much power. Twenty-first century market capitalism, American-style, will fail for the same reasons.”

Arundhati Roy

October 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM

GeopoliticalGuy

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Trump’s Tomahawk Gambit
Trump’s hint that the U.S. may arm Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles has rattled Moscow A threat, a promise, or just leverage? open.substack.com/pub/geopolit...

Tomahawks on the Table: Trump Dangles Long-Range Missiles as Leverage Against Moscow

With Donald Trump, it’s often unclear whether he’s issuing a threat, a promise, or a negotiating tactic.

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October 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM

GeopoliticalGuy

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When humans have split the atom, sequenced DNA, and built machines that think, over 1 billion people still live in slums…

Is the problem scarcity or our failure to organise abundance?

Source: @statista

October 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM

GeopoliticalGuy

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Having supported a client’s operations in #Cameroon for nearly five years, I’ve tracked the intersection of politics and security up close.

As Cameroon heads to the polls, I’ve shared a deeper take on what’s at stake!

#PaulBiya #CameroonDecides2025 #CameroonElections

tinyurl.com/3xbv6nhk

October 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM

GeopoliticalGuy

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🚨🇲🇬 #Madagascar: The 🇺🇸 #US Embassy urges citizens to shelter in place amid reports of gunfire between gendarmerie and military and some security forces joining protests. Curfews remain in #Antananarivo, #Antsirabe & #Antsiranana. Unrest continues nationwide. ⚠️

October 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM

GeopoliticalGuy

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On 10 Oct, France updated its advisory map for #Africa, showing #Mali now entirely red as Bamako joins the “advise against all travel” category. The Sahel remains the most restricted region, with large portions of #Niger, #BurkinaFaso, #Chad, and #Sudan also under the highest alert.