<p>Eurasia is the world&rsquo;s most expansive region. It connects the East to the West, forming a land bridge that borders Europe, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and South Asia. Forming the borders of this massive tract of land are the Northern European Plain, the Carpathian Mountains, the Southern Caucasus Mountains, the Tien Shan Mountains and Siberia. At the heart of Eurasia is Russia, a country that throughout history has tried, to varying degrees of success, to extend its influence to Eurasia&rsquo;s farthest reaches &mdash; a strategy meant to insulate it from outside powers. But this strategy necessarily creates conflict throughout Russia&rsquo;s borderlands, putting Eurasia a near constant state of instability.</p>

Eurasia connects the East to the West, forming a land bridge that borders Europe, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and South Asia. 

Eurasia

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Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Belarus

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Russia

Moldova

The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Cyber

The Ukraine Conflict

The Politics of Pipelines

The New Silk Road

Commodities: A Cautionary Tale

A Crude Recovery

The Second Space Race

Echoes of the Cold War

Russia's Internal Struggle

The Fight for Russia’s Borderlands

Moscow Looks to the East

Instability in Central Asia

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As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, the combination of limited energy supplies, high inflation and monetary tightening will negatively impact economic growth in the Global North and increase the risk of financial, political and food crises in the Global South. Against this backdrop, the world’s largest economies (most notably the U.S., China and the EU) will seek to shield themselves at a time of rising global uncertainty, leading to increased protectionism and limiting the room for multilateral cooperation on issues ranging from multilateral institutions to climate change. 

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Trade disruptions, shifting military conflicts and domestic political turbulence will shape global affairs in 2025. 

2025 Q1 Geopolitical Forecast

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A compressor gas station of the Yamal–Europe pipeline is seen on Feb. 19, 2022, in Wloclawek, Poland. 

The expiration of the Russia-Ukraine transit deal underscores Europe's ongoing efforts to sever its reliance on Russian resources, with far-reaching implications for energy markets and geopolitics in the region and beyond. 

The End of Russian Gas via Ukraine Cements Europe's Energy Landscape

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Nation-states' growing use of hacktivist personas to obfuscate responsibility will increasingly enable them to attack targets they would otherwise avoid and spread propaganda.

Hacktivism Offers Plausible Deniability for State-Backed Cyber Actors

Sub-Saharan Africa

Americas

Middle East and North Africa

Asia-Pacific

2025 Geopolitical Forecast

Canada

Low economic growth, pervasive financial risks, the stalemate in Ukraine and technological competition between the world’s largest economies will drive geopolitical risk during the third quarter.

Annual Geopolitical Forecast for Geo-Focus user

The Geopolitics of Water

Wharf Jeremie gang leader Monel "Mikano" Felix ordered his followers to launch a massacre in the Cite Soleil area in central Port-au-Prince on Dec. 6-7 after a Vodou priest accused elderly people of harming the gang leader's child using witchcraft, Reuters reported on Dec. 8. 

Haiti: Worst Massacre Since February Kills Nearly 200 People

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A muted market reaction to disrupted gas supply in Austria signals Europe's preparedness for a likely cut-off of Russian gas in the coming months.

Markets Shrug Off Russia's Gas Cut-Off to Austria

Staging Test : Recent U.S. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Activity Indicates Upcoming Areas of Focus

A sign for COP29 on Nov. 3, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Negotiators at this year's U.N. Climate Change Conference will ultimately reach a new global climate finance deal, but progress on the global energy transition will not accelerate.

Negotiators at this year's U.N. Climate Change Conference will ultimately reach a new global climate finance deal, but progress on the global energy transition will not accelerate significantly.

What to Watch for at This Year's 'Finance COP' in Azerbaijan

The United States imposed some of its harshest sanctions yet on Russia's energy sector, designating over 180 vessels, Russian oil producers Surgutneftegas and Gazprom Neft, Russian maritime insurance providers Ingosstrakh and Alfastrakhovanie, and dozens of oil traders and other entities, The Washington Post reported on Jan. 10.


Russia, U.S.: Washington Steps Up Sanctions on Russian Oil

Incoming U.S. national security adviser Mike Waltz laid out several points of the incoming Trump administration's approach to the Russia-Ukraine war, most notably a request for Ukraine to lower its mobilization age from the current 25 to 18, ABC News reported on Jan. 12.

Ukraine: U.S. National Security Adviser Pushes Ukraine To Lower Mobilization Age

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Situation Report for Geo-Focus role

The Russian ruble reached nearly 115 rubles per dollar, its lowest level since March 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 27.

STAGING: Russia: Ruble Exchange Rate Hits Lowest Point Since UPDATED March 2022 

North Korea

South Korea's National Intelligence Service confirmed North Korea decided to send four brigades with a total of 12,000 troops to support Russia in its war with Ukraine, adding that the North Korean forces had been issued Russian military uniforms, weapons and fake identification documents, Reuters reported on Oct. 18.

North Korea, Russia, Ukraine: North Korean Forces Training in Russia To Participate in War With Ukraine

Russian troops established two footholds in territory west of the Seversky Donets Canal inside Ukraine's town of Chasiv Yar after renewing their offensive earlier the same week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 18.

Ukraine, Russia: Russian Forces Enter Chasiv Yar, Crossing Canal

South Korea

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that North Korea was assisting Russia with military personnel and workers in Russian factories, citing Ukrainian intelligence, The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 16.

North Korea, Ukraine: North Korean Troops Supporting Russia's War Against Ukraine, Zelensky Says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented Ukraine's five-point "victory plan" for the war with Russia to his country's parliament, the Rada, AP reported on Oct. 16.

Ukraine, Russia: Zelensky Presents 'Victory Plan' to Ukrainian People

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SITUATION REPORTS

Russia, U.S.: Washington Steps Up Sanctions on Russian Oil

Ukraine: U.S. National Security Adviser Pushes Ukraine To Lower Mobilization Age

Situation Report for Geo-Focus role

STAGING: Russia: Ruble Exchange Rate Hits Lowest Point Since UPDATED March 2022

North Korea, Russia, Ukraine: North Korean Forces Training in Russia To Participate in War With Ukraine

Ukraine, Russia: Russian Forces Enter Chasiv Yar, Crossing Canal

North Korea, Ukraine: North Korean Troops Supporting Russia's War Against Ukraine, Zelensky Says

Ukraine, Russia: Zelensky Presents 'Victory Plan' to Ukrainian People

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