Global
Global
Worldwide scope for events whose meaningful geography is genuinely global rather than regional.
Geographies
Controlled geographic scopes used to organize events without mixing location, institutions, and political allegiance.
Continental and global scopes
Continent
Europe
European continental and political theatre used as the broad parent for the site's launch coverage.
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Africa
African continental scope for state politics, regional institutions, security crises, migration, energy, and external influence.
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Asia
Asian continental scope for major-power competition, trade, security, and regional diplomatic coverage.
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North America
North American continental scope for United States, Canada, Mexico, Arctic, and transatlantic policy context.
Continent
South America
South American continental scope for regional politics, democratic institutions, resources, security, and diplomacy.
Continent
Oceania
Oceania and Pacific island geography relevant to Indo-Pacific security, climate diplomacy, and great-power competition.
Continent
Antarctica
Antarctic Treaty, science, resource, maritime, and polar governance context.
Focused regions and theatres
Strategic region
Americas
North, Central, Caribbean, and South American political geography used when developments cut across the western hemisphere.
Subregion
Northern Europe
Northern European countries relevant to Nordic, Baltic, Arctic, and European security coverage.
Subregion
Nordic region
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and closely related Nordic political/security context.
Subregion
Baltic states
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as a compact political/security region.
Maritime region
Baltic Sea region
Countries and maritime/security issues around the Baltic Sea.
Subregion
Eastern Europe
Eastern European political and security theatre, especially where Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and neighboring EU/NATO states matter.
Subregion
Western Balkans
Western Balkan states and EU/NATO enlargement or stability questions.
Maritime region
Black Sea region
Black Sea security, trade, energy, and conflict geography.
Strategic region
Arctic
High-north strategic region where Nordic, Russian, North American, climate, and security issues intersect.
Supranational area
European Union area
Geographic/political scope covering EU member-state territory and EU-wide policy effects. Linked to the EU organization without merging area and institution.
Strategic region
NATO eastern flank
Strategic region used for NATO deterrence and defense coverage along the alliance's eastern edge.
Conflict zone
Russia–Ukraine theatre
Core geography for Russia's war against Ukraine and directly related diplomacy, sanctions, and security spillovers.
Strategic region
Transatlantic area
North America–Europe security and diplomacy context, especially NATO and US-Europe relations.
Subregion
Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin American and Caribbean politics, democracy, migration, security, trade, and regional diplomacy.
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Central America
Central American state politics, migration, democratic institutions, security, and regional diplomacy.
Subregion
Caribbean
Caribbean political, security, migration, climate, and regional diplomacy context.
Subregion
Andean region
Andean regional politics and security context across the western spine of South America.
Strategic region
Amazon Basin
Amazon Basin environmental, resource, indigenous rights, security, and regional sovereignty context.
Subregion
Middle East
Middle Eastern political and security theatre relevant to energy, conflict, diplomacy, and European external policy.
Maritime region
Eastern Mediterranean
Eastern Mediterranean security, energy, migration, and maritime disputes.
Subregion
South Caucasus
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and surrounding regional power politics.
Strategic region
Indo-Pacific
Broad strategic theatre for China, Taiwan, maritime security, trade, and US/EU external policy.
Maritime region
Taiwan Strait
Focused geography for Taiwan Strait security and cross-strait crisis coverage.
Subregion
North Africa
North African politics, migration, energy, security, and diplomacy across the southern Mediterranean.
Subregion
West Africa
West African politics, regional organizations, democracy, security, and external influence.
Strategic region
Sahel
Sahel security, coups, migration, counterterrorism, and external influence context relevant to European foreign policy.