Geopolitical Monitor - Situation Reports - Geopolitical Analysis on Pressing Geopolitical Issues in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East

The Geopoliticalmonitor's Christopher S. Ljungquist presents an in-depth look at how the recent "film crisis" in the Islamic world reveals the dissonance between global information flows and institutionally immature Arab Spring countries. 

Georgiy Voloshin examines the motivations underpinning Russia's push to establish a "Eurasian Union" in Central Asia. 

The government of Myanmar is now faced with a refugee crisis in the aftermath of a month-long descent into violence that it not only failed to prevent, but by many accounts, actively participated in. 

River erosion along the border often triggers violent conflicts between India and Bangladesh. These two countries share an international border of about 4098 km, 180km of which runs through the middle of shared rivers. When these rivers erode their banks on one side, sediments are deposited slowly onto the other, causing new land to build up. Both countries will then engage in military action in order to take over the new land.

To view this week’s demotion of a key ally to President Hu Jintao as a victory for accountability at the highest levels of China’s leadership would be incorrect. Quite the contrary, it stands as yet another sign that China’s leadership transition is anything but orderly.

The Geopoliticalmonitor’s Christ Ljungquist examines how Mexico’s recent elections will impact the country’s bloody and long-running war on the cartels.   

Zachary Fillingham examines why nationalist enmity in East Asia isn’t disappearing anytime soon.  

Zak Rose of the Geopoliticalmonitor examines the recent energy deal between Sudan and South Sudan, asking the question: is this deal a game-changer for inter-Sudan relations? 

Hadaf Zubi of Geopoliticalmonitor.com examines how small and medium-sized enterprises secure financing in China, asking the question: is government help on the way for China’s entrepreneurs?   

Canadian attitudes towards their geography wax and wane as sure as the tide: sometimes proximity to the world’s foremost economic and military power is a blessing, and other times a curse. Against the backdrop of these changing opinions, Canada’s economic destiny has remained firmly fused to that of its North American neighbor. But will Asia’s emergence as a new global center of gravity change all that?