Geopolitical Monitor - Opinion - Editorials on Pressing Geopolitical Issues in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East

Michael Smolander argues that a renewed focus on civil society might be the best approach to combating domestic radicalization in the West. 

In the words of Murray Hunter: It was never about the election; it was always about what would happen afterwards. 

The Geopoliticalmonitor's Murray Hunter examines what Australia's latest defense white paper means for the country's medium-term security outlook. 

How to draw the line between the recent and still unsettled EU crisis and Asia’s success story? Well, it might be easier than it seems: Neither Europe nor Asia has any alternative.

The Geopoliticalmonitor's Daniel Bodirsky reveals how Islamic fundamentalism is a newcomer to Chechnya. 

Nicolai Due-Gundersen makes the case for a sustainable recovery for Libya's war-damaged energy industry. 

North Korea’s recent bout of brinkmanship could stretch China’s support for its erstwhile ally to the limit.

Though far from perfect, investor surveys still have some value as a platform for debating major market themes.

Anis H. Bajrektarevic scours the past, present, and future of the MENA region, all the while asking one simple question: where is the counter-narrative? 

Though the dust has yet to settle from airstrikes in Syria last week, Israel’s “neither conform no deny” posture has forced pundits to speculate on the intended target and whether or not the embattled Assad regime will retaliate.  Fear and speculation swirls over a possible Iranian response, and most of the diplomatic world withholds comment and holds its breath. The exception, once again, is Tayip Erdogan’s Turkey.