The primary goal of PoliAtlas has been to analyse individual countries, territorial disputes and ongoing geopolitical situations through a geopolitical lens. Geopolitics is a field of study which focuses on the impact that geography has on a country’s destiny, from its economic prospects to its relations with neighbouring states. However, in the course of writing … More Demographics in the 21st Century
The title of Peter Zeihan’s latest book, The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and a World Without America, does an excellent job of summing up the two main themes running through the text. In Zeihan’s mind, the growth of the shale industry in North America, and an American Foreign Policy that is slowly shifting away from … More Book Review: The Absent Superpower by Peter Zeihan
In the opening pages of his 2014 book Political Order and Political Decay, author Francis Fukuyama writes: ‘Political order is rooted in human biology.’ With this in mind, it is worth considering the importance of people when it comes to the development and success of countries. This article will be an analysis of Japan not … More Country Profile: Japan
Canada is a big place. Stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, and extending northward to the Arctic, it is the world’s second largest country when measured by total area. Along with its southern neighbour, the United States, Canada dominates the map of North America. Yet, despite its size, it is dwarfed by its … More Country Profile: Canada
On 7th August 1965, the Parliament of the Federation of Malaysia voted ‘yes’ on a resolution to expel Singapore from the newly founded Federation. On 9th August, Singapore’s independence and secession became official. Singapore would now be on its own. For the leaders of Singapore, this was not a particularly welcome development. The first Prime … More Country Profile: Singapore
Armenia is a mountainous, landlocked country with a total population comparable to any major European or American city. It has no coastline, and two of its neighbours have closed their borders to it. Historically, the last one hundred years have been extremely harsh to Armenia and the Armenian people. Geographically, the country seems destined to … More Country Profile: Armenia
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