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    <title>The Middle East’s New Firestorm: The Houthis, Saudi Arabia and the First Test of the Makkah Pact</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Hafijul Rahman</dc:creator>
    <description>The pact&#x27;s most important test may not be whether Pakistan and Türkiye enter the Yemen war, but whether the three countries can strengthen Saudi Arabia&#x27;s defence while preventing the conflict from widening.</description>
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The Middle East’s New Firestorm: The Houthis, Saudi Arabia and the First Test of the Makkah Pact

The Houthis warn Pakistan and Türkiye off Yemen. The pact's real test is containing the war, not widening it.

The pact's most important test may not be whether Pakistan and Türkiye enter the Yemen war, but whether the three countries can strengthen Saudi Arabia's defence while preventing the conflict from widening.

From the opening:
“The Middle East is once again facing a dangerous escalation. The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi movement has intensified, while the newly signed Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye is facing its first major test.”

By Hafijul Rahman, Freelance journalist, Bangladesh

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/makkah-pact-houthis-saudi-arabia-first-test

#Geopolitics #MiddleEast #Pakistan #SaudiArabia #Yemen #Türkiye]]></content:encoded>
    <category>Middle East &amp; North Africa</category>
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    <title>Kazakhstan’s Agricultural Machinery Revolution</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Jean-Davy Niezgoda</dc:creator>
    <description>How Astana Is Turning Foreign Competition into Industrial Power</description>
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KAZAKHSTAN’S AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY REVOLUTION

Astana ties cheap finance to local assembly, drawing John Deere and Chinese and Turkish rivals into its industrial plan.

How Astana Is Turning Foreign Competition into Industrial Power

From the opening:
“For years, Kazakhstan was primarily known as an exporter of raw materials and agricultural commodities. That picture is changing. The country is now attempting to move up the value chain by attracting foreign manufacturers, localising production and using state-backed financing to modernise its agricultural sector.”

By Jean-Davy Niezgoda, International business and export specialist, France

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/kazakhstan-agricultural-machinery-localisation

#Geopolitics #China #Kazakhstan #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
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    <title>The Migration Management Trap: No Victims, No Criminals—Only Managers</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Saif Eddine Ghobr</dc:creator>
    <description>Migration is neither a threat nor a tragedy. It is a system of management—and everyone is a manager.</description>
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THE MIGRATION MANAGEMENT TRAP: NO VICTIMS, NO CRIMINALS—ONLY MANAGERS

Europe externalises its borders, Tunisia trades control for money and legitimacy, and the migrant becomes a currency.

Migration is neither a threat nor a tragedy. It is a system of management—and everyone is a manager.

From the opening:
“In Sfax, migrants from sub-Saharan Africa wait in informal settlements for a journey that may never happen. Some have tried to cross the Mediterranean and failed. Others were intercepted before departure.”

By Saif Eddine Ghobr, Founder, Tunisia Watch, Tunis

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/migration-management-trap-tunisia-europe

#Geopolitics #Africa #Europe #Tunisia #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
    <category>Africa</category>
    <category>Europe</category>
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    <title>The Conflict That Conscripts Its Spectators</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Paolo Calvi</dc:creator>
    <description>Why Israel and Palestine turn distant observers into participants in a war over legitimacy</description>
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THE CONFLICT THAT CONSCRIPTS ITS SPECTATORS

Why Israel and Palestine turn distant observers into participants: legitimacy is a strategic resource, and every word a loyalty test.

From the opening:
“There is a fairly reliable way to gauge how incandescent a public question has become: watch what happens to anyone who merely tries to describe it. One can write that the Chinese Communist Party exercises pervasive control over society without readers presuming to know one’s position on Taiwan.”

By Paolo Calvi, Essayist and editor, Cuneo, Italy

Read the full commentary: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/the-conflict-that-conscripts-its-spectators

#Geopolitics #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
    <category>Middle East &amp; North Africa</category>
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    <title>Who Defines Tunisia&#x27;s Geopolitical Value? How Its Environment Shapes the State Itself</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Saif Eddine Ghobr</dc:creator>
    <description>Tunisia&#x27;s geopolitical value is not simply imposed by Europe, America or China. It is produced through an unequal exchange in which external demands reshape domestic incentives, and eventually the state itself.</description>
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Who Defines Tunisia's Geopolitical Value? How Its Environment Shapes the State Itself

Tunisia's strategic position earns it money and attention. A study of who captures that value, and what it does to the state.

Tunisia's geopolitical value is not simply imposed by Europe, America or China. It is produced through an unequal exchange in which external demands reshape domestic incentives, and eventually the state itself.

From the opening:
“Tunisia occupies a strategic position at the intersection of the Mediterranean, North Africa and the wider Arab world. It borders Algeria and Libya and sits close to Europe. Geography therefore gives Tunisia geopolitical value. But geography alone does not determine who captures that value.”

By Saif Eddine Ghobr, Founder, Tunisia Watch, Tunis

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/who-defines-tunisias-geopolitical-value

#Geopolitics #Africa #Europe #UnitedStates #China #Tunisia]]></content:encoded>
    <category>Africa</category>
    <category>Europe</category>
    <category>Americas</category>
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    <title>Bangladesh&#x27;s BRICS Absence Was About More Than Protocol</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Kawsar Mia and Dr. Abdul Momen</dc:creator>
    <description>Dhaka&#x27;s no-show in New Delhi exposed a narrowing strategic space between BRICS-style financial autonomy and new U.S.-linked economic-security commitments.</description>
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    <content:encoded><![CDATA[New analysis on The Geopolitical Economist

BANGLADESH'S BRICS ABSENCE WAS ABOUT MORE THAN PROTOCOL

Dhaka's no-show in New Delhi was read as a protocol dispute. The trade agreement it signed in February explains more.

From the opening:
“Bangladesh's decision to stay away from the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi should not be read as proof that Dhaka has chosen Washington over BRICS.”

By Kawsar Mia and Dr. Abdul Momen

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/bangladesh-brics-absence-was-about-more-than-protocol

#Geopolitics #SouthAsia #UnitedStates #China #Bangladesh #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
    <category>South Asia</category>
    <category>Americas</category>
    <category>Indo-Pacific</category>
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    <title>Canada Cannot Join Europe. It Can Get Most of the Way There.</title>
    <link>https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/canada-eu-associate-membership-risk-brief</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>J. Dyson</dc:creator>
    <description>Ottawa is exploring a status that does not exist, with a bloc whose treaties say it cannot join, to escape a neighbour that takes seven in ten of its exports. This brief sets out what is actually on the table, what is not, and how to price the outcomes.</description>
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CANADA CANNOT JOIN EUROPE. IT CAN GET MOST OF THE WAY THERE.

What an EU 'associate' status for Canada could contain, what the treaties rule out, and three scenarios with odds. By J. Dyson.

Ottawa is exploring a status that does not exist, with a bloc whose treaties say it cannot join, to escape a neighbour that takes seven in ten of its exports. This brief sets out what is actually on the table, what is not, and how to price the outcomes.

From the opening:
“On 13 September the Wall Street Journal reported that Prime Minister Mark Carney is exploring whether Canada could become an "associate member" of the European Union, and that officials on both sides were open to creating a status that does not currently exist. The European Commission declined to comment.”

By J. Dyson, Research and risk analyst

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/canada-eu-associate-membership-risk-brief

#Geopolitics #Europe #UnitedStates #Canada #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
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    <category>Americas</category>
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    <title>Trump Doesn’t Want Money From His Allies. He Wants Their Soldiers.</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Vikas</dc:creator>
    <description>South Korea pay the price of the US security guaranty</description>
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    <content:encoded><![CDATA[New analysis on The Geopolitical Economist

TRUMP DOESN’T WANT MONEY FROM HIS ALLIES. HE WANTS THEIR SOLDIERS.

South Korea pay the price of the US security guaranty

From the opening:
“As you know, since Trump started the war in Iran, he is arguing that it’s not merely an American conflict, but a global conflict for which the allies in Europe step forward and join the United States.”

By Vikas

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/trump-wants-their-soldiers

#Geopolitics #UnitedStates #China #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
    <category>Americas</category>
    <category>Indo-Pacific</category>
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    <title>Russia Is Frustrated. Europe will be targeted next.</title>
    <link>https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/russia-is-frustrated</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Vikas</dc:creator>
    <description>Britain crosses Moscow’s red lines, and NATO’s defences run dangerously low.</description>
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    <content:encoded><![CDATA[New analysis on The Geopolitical Economist

RUSSIA IS FRUSTRATED. EUROPE WILL BE TARGETED NEXT.

Britain crosses Moscow’s red lines, and NATO’s defences run dangerously low.

From the opening:
“637 Ukrainian drones just hit Moscow. Russia threatened to bomb Britain. NATO’s Patriot missiles are “beyond critical.” And Trump says Europe’s problem isn’t his problem. Something is about to break.”

By Vikas

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/russia-is-frustrated

#Geopolitics #Russia #Europe #NATO #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
    <category>Russia &amp; Eurasia</category>
    <category>Europe</category>
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    <title>India-Pakistan: The Next Major War?</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Vikas</dc:creator>
    <description>5 ways India can respond to the terrorist attack by Pakistan</description>
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    <content:encoded><![CDATA[New analysis on The Geopolitical Economist

INDIA-PAKISTAN: THE NEXT MAJOR WAR?

5 ways India can respond to the terrorist attack by Pakistan

From the opening:
“The thing that was started by the Pakistan-backed terrorist attack can be turned into a small-scale war between both nations The terrorists killed the unarmed Indian tourists — families, honeymooners, kids — who were attacked by terrorists in one of the most heartbreaking incidents we’ve seen in recent times.”

By Vikas

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/india-pakistan-the-next-major-war

#Geopolitics #SouthAsia #India #Pakistan #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
    <category>South Asia</category>
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