The Great Game: The Endless, Vital Game

Russia is emerging as a major victor in the Great Game. Classical geopolitics lives on.

The right-hand route represents the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), which not only already has immense capacity, but gives Russia a secure route to the Indian Ocean without the cost and vulnerability of the Baltic-Atlantic-Mediterranean-Suez-Red Sea option. Equally, the map shows the proximity of Ukraine and the Black Sea to the North-South Corridor, opening the prospect of a link to and from the Black Sea Basin to a trade route avoiding the Red Sea/Suez

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Xi Lashes Out in the Pacific and Africa, But to What End?

The jury remains out as to whether Beijing has a clearly thought-through agenda with the Pacific Islands Forum, meeting this week, or even in Africa, or whether it is just lashing out to show that it still matters. But, rest assured, it is lashing out.

The Great Game: The Endless, Vital Game

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How Niger's Attempted Coup Exposed Decisive Geopolitical Competition in West Africa

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