Global politics is often explained through events conflicts, alliances, summits, and crises. But beneath
these headlines lie deeper forces shaped by geography, power, and strategy.
From great-power rivalries and regional conflicts to maritime routes and strategic chokepoints, the
Geopolitics section at The Dialectics explores how states compete, cooperate, and position themselves in an ever-shifting international landscape
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For readers who want to move beyond daily headlines and understand the strategic logic of global politics, this section offers a clearer view of how power operates across the world
In early September 2025, a significant chapter was added to the relationship between India and Singapore
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The Nobel Peace Prize argument is about more than just Trump. It is about whether peace in the twenty-first century is still defined as cooperation and reconciliation or increasingly as deterrence, leverage, and geopolitical posture.
Based on the work of Allan Gyngell’s “Fear of Abandonment”, since WWII Australia’s foreign policy has been dictated by three strands- alliance, regional engagement and rules-based order.
The Four R formula - As the world is at its most uncertain phase with protectionism on rise and international law is eroding, the addition of the fourth strand to its foreign policy is a timely evolution. Penny Wong, Foreign Minister of Australia came up this 4R strategy recently.
Is AUKUS Vs France real ? AUKUS had consequences that extended beyond China-centric strategic calculations. The speculated reason for the removal of France was geopolitical contestation between the US and France
How Australia's Defence strategy has evolved from "Forward Defence" to striving for self reliance through the "strategy of Denial"
Fall of Khomeini ?? - History does not foretell destiny, but they illuminate possible futures. And they remind us that regimes often appear strongest just before the ground beneath them finally gives way.
Protests in Iran - What happens if the current regime falls, whether on its own or through outside intervention. Would Iran end up embracing an American-style political model? That’s a big question, and it needs a hard look.
The ice is melting, the distances are shortening, and the former perimeters of the world are shifting towards the center. In other words, the Arctic region is not a new theater of geopolitics. Let's analyse the geopolitics of Arctic through Mackinder
The world is entering an era where great powers no longer pretend. The rules-based international order was never purely rules-based, it was power-based with rules layered on top. Today, even that layer is peeling away. Through its act in Venezuela, the US has formally ended the rules based international order.
You may not need legitimacy, all you need is mighty. The U.S strike on Venezuela and the abduction of its President Maduro signals clearly that it is the culmination of the end of strategic restraint.
When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the reaction extended beyond a simple violation of sovereignty. It concerned the disintegration of an entire normative framework that had characterized post-Cold War international relations.
In one of our ‘The dialectics’ weekly conversations on South Asia, the Editor pointed out, rather an interesting fact, that we somehow do
Fisherfolk from the coastlines of Kutch (in India) and Sindh (in Pakistan) often find themselves broiled in the geopolitics of their geography. Their livelihoods are
In early September 2025, a significant chapter was added to the relationship between India and Singapore
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