Geopolitical Futures Podcast

Xander Snyder and Allison Fedirka discuss U.S. strategic use of force in Africa. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: goo.gl/2aknAv

Jacob Shapiro and Xander Snyder discuss what matters most to our readers, from the larger picture of the Kurdish referendum to the geopolitical interests of nation-states, like Catalonia. Stay tuned for your next chance to ask our analysts what you want to know about geopolitics and world events. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: goo.gl/2aknAv

Xander Snyder and Phillip Orchard discuss the possibility of a transfer of power in the U.S.-South Korean alliance structure, and the damage that North Korea's artillery can cause. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: goo.gl/2aknAv

Allison Fedirka and Xander Snyder discuss Prime Minister Narendra Modi's moves to assert greater central authority over aspects of India’s economy and financial institutions. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: goo.gl/2aknAv

Xander Snyder and Antonia Colibasanu discuss the countries involved, their motivations, and why it matters. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: goo.gl/2aknAv

States and non-state entities outside the region are beginning to take a greater interest in Myanmar's Rohingya crisis. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: goo.gl/2aknAv

Turkey knows it needs to balance both friend and foe - Kamran and Xander talk about what considerations it must make. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: hubs.ly/H06mXwR0

Senior Analyst Kamran Bokhari walks us through the underlying forces dictating the US-Pakistan bilateral relationship and outlines the different roles and interests of other major stakeholders in South Asia. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: hubs.ly/H06mXwR0

Allison Fedirka and Xander Snyder detail how we incorporate history, maps and forecasting to create our geopolitical model. Learn more about our methodology with our free report: goo.gl/KbkUpp

Jacob L. Shapiro and Xander Snyder take stock of two months of developments on the Korean peninsula while exploring the unique challenges North Korea poses to GPF's geopolitical method. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: hubs.ly/H06mXwR0

Xander Snyder and Kamran Bokhari talk about the distinct goals of different jihadist groups and how those differences influence the geopolitics of Middle East. Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: hubs.ly/H06mXwR0

Xander Snyder and Jacob L. Shapiro talk about the geopolitical consequences of new U.S. sanctions against Russia, North Korea and Iran.Sign up for free updates on topics like this! Go here: goo.gl/hfTxMX TRANSCRIPT: Jacob L. Shapiro: Hello, everyone, welcome to another Geopolitical Futures Podcast. I’m Jacob Shapiro. I am joined once more by Xander Snyder. Xander, it’s always good to talk to you. XS: Thanks, good to be here. JLS: We’ve been trying some different things with the podcast in the last couple weeks. Last week, Kamran and I had a little discussion about democracy and geopolitics. We appreciated all your feedback on that. Before that, we were doing some talk about history and battles and geopolitical contingencies. This week, we’re going to go in a little bit of different direction. We’re going to just try and take a sense of what’s been going on this week in geopolitics in 30 minutes and try and talk through some of the major issues and the things that have happened this week that might actually ha

Jacob L. Shapiro and Kamran Bokhari think about the relationship between power and ideology, and whether political forms are predestined. Learn more about our methodology with our free report: goo.gl/KbkUpp TRANSCRIPT: Jacob L. Shapiro: Hello everyone and welcome to another Geopolitical Futures podcast. It’s a beautiful day here in Austin, Texas. I think we’re going to hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Kamran, how’s it going in Washington? Kamran Bokhari: It is hot and muggy here, Jacob. JLS: Well we are going to try and cool things down here with a little bit of a podcast. So, we’ve been experimenting with different kinds of podcasts of late. Sometimes we go around the world and sort of talk about the week in geopolitics. We’ve been doing some interesting stuff about history and contingencies especially in old military battles lately. Today, Kamran is joining us on the podcast because Kamran has been thinking about democracy, one of those topics that I think everybody talks about and maybe people don’t understand