What is Geopolitics?
Geopolitics is the study of how human and physical geographical features affect politics and international relations. (Wiki article)
Political Regimes, 2020
(from Our World in Data)
Spheres of Influence Today - Wiki
Cold War - 1959 - Wiki
World Systems Theory
Core and Periphery Countries (Wiki)
World-Systems Theory, Dependency Theory and Global Inequality (Then&Now 14:22)
China's Geography Problem
(Wendover Productions 10:49)
How Geography Gave the US Power
(Wendover Productions 10:19)
Russia's Geography Problem (Wendover Productions 11:53)
What is NATO?
(NATO 7:02; More videos here)
Every Military Alliance Explained: All Of The World's Alliances (TLDR News 11:18)
Why are Some Countries Allowed Nuclear Weapons and Not Others? (TLDR News 11:01)
Ukraine & Russia
Geopolitical Hotspots around the Globe
Egypt's Dam Problem - Geopolitics of the Nile (Wendover 17:05)
VOX: The Middle East's Cold War Explained (10:18)
WonderWhy: The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier - Cyprus Dispute Explained (11:46)
WonderWhy: The Break-up of Yugoslavia (16:49)
Understanding Canada's legal claim to the Northwest Passage (CBC News 7:59)
Canada's New Shipping Shortcut (Wendover Productions 11:16)
Could the Ilisu Dam Reignite Old Disputes between Turkey and Iraq? (Strait Talk 14:40)
Why China is building islands in the South China Sea (Vox 7:25)
Israel & Palestine
VOX: Israel Settlements Explained (8:05)
cpac: Israel's Shifting Borders (2:12)
Wikipedia: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Superpowers
VOX: How America became a Superpower (8:55)
Global Index: Which country will be the next Superpower? (9:42)
Cooper Academy: China Is Quietly Becoming The New Superpower (10:35)
DW: The New Silk Road (42:25) | Part 2
International Organizations
UN member state admissions, 1945-2018
(Espace mondiale SciencesPo)
International Alliances (Wiki: List of intergovernmental organizations)
World Trading Blocs
Visit World Trade for more
World101: What is the Liberal World Order? (7:55)
from the Council on Foreign RelationsWonderWhy: Geopolitical Tour of the world in 2020 (18:16)
Global Shift: The consequences of globalization, free trade and outsourcing (4:23)
VOX: China's trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade (5:58)
World101: Sovereignty Explained (4:40)
WonderWhy: The Most Complex International Borders in the World Part 1 - 2013 (11:53)
Part 2 - 2014 (9:11)Part 3 - 2017 (12:05)
Democracy & Freedom
Systems of Government
ChartsBin | Wiki List
The Scramble for Africa
VC3: A Brief History of The Scramble For Africa (10:33)
Atlas Pro: The Problem With Africa's Borders (14:16)
The Economist: The New Scramble for Africa (4:10)
Wendover: How Africa is becoming China's China (10:47)