Geopolitics Archives - Jack Hutton

[NYTimes-Gifted]: Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy

By hutton.jack December 6, 2025Anton Troianovski, Autocracy, Donald Trump, Geopolitics, National Security, The New York Times

President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians. By Anton Troianovski https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/trump-national-security-strategy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.0WTm.fwdBlDOgEBnF&smid=nytcore-ios-share 2025-National-Security-StrategyDownload

[Financial Times]: European travellers cancel US visits as Trump’s policies threaten tourism.

By hutton.jack April 12, 2025Donald Trump, Economics, Financial Times, Geopolitics, Tariffs

By Eva Xiao in New York, Philip Georgiadis and John Burn-Murdoch in London, and Claire Bushey in Chicago International visitors stay away as political and economic tension and fears of…

[Foreign Affairs-Gifted]: China and Russia Will Not Be Split.

By hutton.jack April 4, 2025Autocracy, Autocrats, China, Donald Trump, Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Affairs, Michael McFaul, Putin, Russia, Trump, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

The “Reverse Kissinger” Delusion. By Michael McFaul and Evan S. Medeiros, April 4, 2025 https://www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/redeem/TUy8kmbzZcU. china-and-russia-will-not-be-split-2025-04-04-10-42Download

[Financial Times]: Putin envoy visits White House as Donald Trump toys with détente.

By hutton.jack April 3, 2025Financial Times, Max Seddon, Russia, Steve Witkoff, Trump, Vladimir Putin

By Max Seddon in Berlin, April 3, 2025 Reuters reported on Wednesday that Dmitriev had been invited to the White House by Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy…

Claude Malhuret, Senator of Allier: Trump’s Betrayal of The Democratic World.

By hutton.jack March 6, 2025Autocracy, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, France, National Security, Putin, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

President of the "Les Indépendants" Group, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Note via Susan Glaser of the New Yorker on Twitter/X : "Powerful speech about Trump’s betrayal of the…

[Substack, The Status Kuo]: Hold My Beer, Neville Chamberlain

By hutton.jack February 19, 2025Autocracy, Donald Trump, Geopolitics, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

The U.S. “peace talks” with Russia over Ukraine, which include neither Ukraine nor any of our allies, is an upside down horror show. By Jay Kuo, Feb 19, 2025 https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/hold-my-beer-neville-chamberlain?r=buqu&utm_medium=ios

[FT]: Donald Trump calls on Opec to push down global oil prices

By hutton.jack January 24, 2025Articles, Artificial Intelligence, Donald Trump, Economics, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

US president tells World Economic Forum he will insist central banks lower interest rates ‘immediately’ afterwards. By Ben Hall, Sam Fleming in Davos, James Politi in Washington January 23, 2025.…

[Gift link. The Atlantic]: The New Rasputins

By hutton.jack January 13, 2025Anne Applebaum, Donald Trump, Geopolitics, Putin, The Atlantic, Vladimir Putin

Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.By Anne Applebaum, January 7, 2025 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/trump-populist-conspiracism-autocracy-rfk-jr/681088/?gift=HoRfrgrF5SCKopc-hfobxPYMm07I0Wox5qt3iIzI66Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

[FT]: Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right politician, 1928-2025

By hutton.jack January 7, 2025Financial Times, France

National Front founder led the movement for decades before passing the baton to his daughter Marine https://www.ft.com/content/da4f0d7d-3bcd-4bde-af16-56b592cc1d82

[Foreign Policy Live Podcast]: Inside Trump’s Defense Policy (Re-Air)

By hutton.jack December 30, 2024Elbridge Colby, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, National Security, The Foreign Affairs Interview, Trump Administration

Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's Editor-in-Chief intervew with Elbridge Colby, Trump's pick for under secretary for policy. December 30, 2024. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-policy-live/id1034003458?i=1000682146791 “Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's Editor-in-Chief. This is FP…