#geopolitical-influence tag

Things are not going so well for Russia

Victory Day Parade participation and military display reflect Russia’s current geopolitical strength and constraints amid Ukraine war risks and shifting international support.

France politics

fromThe Local France

4 days ago

Macron seeks to cement Africa legacy with Kenya summit

Macron will visit Africa to renew France’s engagement, co-host an Africa Forward summit in Kenya, and promote economic investment while addressing colonial-era legacies.

Cryptocurrency

fromnews.bitcoin.com

1 week ago

Bitcoin Bulls Defend $80,500 Support, Driving 7% Weekly Surge to $1.63 Trillion Cap

Bitcoin surged past $81,000, reaching $81,714, driven by geopolitical stability and resulting in significant market capitalization growth.

Artificial intelligence

fromWIRED

4 months ago

6 Scary Predictions for AI in 2026

Major AI companies may enact significant layoffs while geopolitical actors use disinformation to slow U.S. data-center growth, intensifying global AI competition.

World politics

fromHarvard Gazette

8 months ago

When global trade is about more than money - Harvard Gazette

A new empirical framework shows China wields greater geopolitical influence through import and export controls than the United States relative to economic size.

Miscellaneous

fromwww.aljazeera.com

9 months ago

Southeast Asia's foreign assistance to fall more than $2bn next year

Development funding to Southeast Asia will drop by over $2bn in 2026 due to Western government cutbacks.

US politics

fromwww.theguardian.com

10 months ago

It's not Chinese assistance': Australia accuses China of taking undue credit for aid projects in the Pacific

China is enhancing its influence in the Pacific by misrepresenting funded projects as Chinese-sponsored.

Australia highlights their frustration over the branding of Asian Development Bank projects.

fromComputerworld

11 months ago

RedNote joins China's open-source AI wave with the launch of dots.llm1

Chinese firms like RedNote are deploying open-source LLMs not just as models but as instruments of ecosystem control and geopolitical leverage. Meanwhile, Western firms remain committed to proprietary architectures.

European startups

fromwww.aljazeera.com

11 months ago

Istanbul talks highlight Turkiye's balancing act between Russia and Ukraine

Since the outbreak of the war, Turkiye has weighed its support for Ukraine against maintaining its ties to Russia. The situation remains complex as diplomacy unfolds.

Russo-Ukrainian War

Paris food

fromeuronews

1 year ago

Video. Pope Leo XIV, first US pope, addresses crowd at St Peter's Square

Robert Prevost became the first US pope, emphasizing unity as Pope Leo XIV, breaking historical taboos regarding American leadership in the Catholic Church.

US news

fromenglish.elpais.com