Analysis of geography, power, influence, and strategic competition between states.
How states are using geography, infrastructure, trade routes, and access to shape influence beyond traditional borders.
How distant territories and islands can carry significance for maritime access, security, identity, and diplomacy.
Thomas Avery
How pipelines, electricity links, shipping routes, and energy terminals influence bargaining power between states.
Thomas Avery
How commercial corridors can create political relationships that outlast individual agreements and reshape regional diplomacy.
Daniel Reyes
How smaller countries use location, institutions, diplomacy, and specialized relationships to expand their room for maneuver.
Priya Nair
How states are using geography, infrastructure, trade routes, and access to shape influence beyond traditional borders.
Amara Okafor
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