
Weekly geopolitical briefings and a discussion space to track and interpret breaking global events in real time. Mackinder Insights is curated by Johannes Kornberger, a consultant advising international organisations and governments across the world.
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There’s a tense standoff brewing between Iraq’s government and the Pro-Iranian militias in the country. It risks not only a domestic political crisis, but a regional conflagration that could manifest violently along existing fault lines of...
When Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Thursday that the US was going to use tactics on Iran that ‘have never been seen’, it almost came across as old hat.
After all, what could the US really achieve now that a decades-old sanct...
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As bits and pieces of the Oman-Iran deal become known, there is cause for optimism and, almost predictably, a good deal of pessimism.
The fact that a deal is being discussed at all is a good sign for shipping companies and Gulf States itch...
Despite a 5-day lull in nightly US strikes on Iran, the region has once again been punctuated by escalatory rhetoric and kinetic action by both sides. But the most important development this week was the expansion in the war’s geography — b...
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Paris-based geopolitical and communications strategist. Formerly with the UN, Council of Europe, and Australia’s Dept of Home Affairs. I analyse foreign policy and international relations from a realist perspective.
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