#Geopolitics

At the end of 2025, the world faces tough geopolitical questions on Trump's foreign policy, South America's rightward shift, the Gaza ceasefire, and more. PRISM analyzes the key global hotspots.

Russia is intensifying its systematic attacks on Ukraine's key port city of Odesa, causing widespread power outages and threatening critical grain export routes. The escalation comes as diplomatic talks show no clear progress.

A Chinese-owned tanker, the Kunpeng, has loaded the first LNG cargo from Russia's sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant, testing the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions and potentially impacting global energy markets.

Analysis reveals China's growing role in North Africa isn't a story of strategic competition but of structural complementarity, emerging from Europe's preference for 'plausible deniability' over long-term ownership in key sectors.

Iran's crude oil exports have climbed 5% in 2025 to a 7-year high, driven by massive purchases from China that defy U.S. sanctions. What does this mean for oil prices and geopolitics?

Japan announces plans for a deep-sea rare earth processing facility by 2027 on Minamitorishima island, aiming to tap vast reserves 6,000 meters deep to reduce its critical mineral reliance on China.

Are U.S. seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers lawful sanctions enforcement or a form of modern piracy? An analysis of the geopolitical and legal battle shaping the rules of global trade.

South Korea's military has revised its guidelines for defining the MDL border with North Korea to prevent accidental clashes, but the move raises concerns about a potentially softer response.

Clashes between the Syrian army and Kurdish-led SDF in Aleppo coincide with high-stakes Turkish-Syrian talks on the group's military integration, threatening Syria's fragile stability.

Israel's security cabinet approved 19 new settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, marking the highest rate of expansion since 2017 and further undermining a two-state solution.

An Israeli airstrike killed at least three people in southern Lebanon on Dec. 22, the latest violation of a fragile Nov. 2024 ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah that both sides have failed to fully implement.

Thailand and Cambodia agree to restart ceasefire talks after a deadly border conflict killed 41 and displaced nearly a million. The previous Trump-brokered deal collapsed, with a top Thai official calling it 'rushed'.