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Discover the latest insights on geopolitics and international affairs from leading experts around the world — every month.
The Geopolitical Puzzle goes beyond conventional interviews: each episode delivers clear, in-depth explanations of the complex issues shaping our global landscape today.
Produced and hosted by Juan Carlos Giraldo (JC Giraldo), Founder and Host of Perspectives in Business.
Boston, MA, USA.
Music: Inspirational Epic Cinematic - Pixabay Music
The Geopolitical Puzzle goes beyond conventional interviews: each episode delivers clear, in-depth explanations of the complex issues shaping our global landscape today.
Produced and hosted by Juan Carlos Giraldo (JC Giraldo), Founder and Host of Perspectives in Business.
Boston, MA, USA.
Music: Inspirational Epic Cinematic - Pixabay Music
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En este episodio de la temporada relacionada al Ártico exploramos por qué Groenlandia, la isla más grande del mundo, se convirtió en el centro de una nueva competencia geopolítica: deshielo acelerado, minerales estratégicos y la disputa entre Estados Unidos, Rusia y China por el control del Ártico.
As the ice melts, a single railway from Finland to the Arctic Ocean is becoming the new geopolitical fault line. The Arctic Railway Project.Juho Kähkönen researcher in International Relations and International Law at the University of Lapland in Finland, and a fellow at the Belfer Center here at Harvard University, reveals what is the Arctic Railway Project is, the role of the indigenous Sámi communities are all fighting over one stretch of track — and how these steel rails could decide who controls the future of the High North.
In this new episode, we'll focus on the Arctic Council, the crucial cooperation forum for this region.Our guest is Svein Vigeland Rottem, senior research fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway. He's an expert on security, governance, and the Arctic Council.We'll analyze the importance of the Arctic Council, its leadership, the challenges it faces, the pause in its operations in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and why the region must maintain its geopolitical leadership and collaboration among the eight member states.This episode is part of a full season dedicated to the Arctic.
Uno de los estrechos con más oportunidades en el mundo es sin duda alguna el estrecho de Magallanes, una ruta estratégica en el extremo sur de Latino América para el comercio internacional y un punto clave para acceder a la Antártida.En este episodio nos acompaña Sebastian Shulz, investigador en geopolítica y profesor de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata en Argentina. Es además el autor del artículo ¿Por qué el estrecho de Magallanes es un paso estratégico en disputa? publicado en TRT en español:Abordamos el contexto histórico, comercial y geopolítico del Estrecho de Magallanes.
Welcome to The Geopolitical Puzzle. In this episode, my guest is Yunus Turhan, Associate Professor at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University in Turkey and a Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard University.He also authored an interesting paper, "The hydro-political dilemma in African water geopolitics: The case of the Nile River basin."We discuss the importance of the Nile River in geopolitics and its impact on the African countries that share its basin.Link paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2020.1844775
Today, in this episode, my guest is Professor Andrey Todorov.Professor Todorov is a researcher on the Arctic Ocean, polar shipping regulation, ecosystem-based marine management, and maritime disputes in the Arctic.In this episode, we talk about the Bering Strait, its importance in the Arctic, and the role of the United States and Russia in this crucial maritime passage.Shipping Governance in the Bering Strait Region: Protecting the Diomede Islands and Adjacent Waters
Welcome to The Geopolitical Puzzle; today, my guest is Federico Donelli.
Federico Donelli is an international relations professor at the University of Trieste in Italy. He covers Red Sea security and politics.
He is the author of an interesting article published in The Conversation: "Red Sea Politics: Why Turkey is Helping Somalia Defend its Waters."
He is also the author of the book "Turkey in Africa: Turkey's Strategic Involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa."
In this episode, Federico Donelli shares why the Red Sea is important in Geopolitics and why Turkey is so interested in this region of Africa, especially its defense and maritime agreements with Somalia.
Link article: Red Sea politics: why Turkey is helping Somalia defend its waters https://theconversation.com/red-sea-politics-why-turkey-is-helping-somalia-defend-its-waters-224377
Teresa Nogueira Pinto is an expert on African affairs. She has a master's degree in international relations from the Institute of Political Studies of the Portuguese Catholic University and a bachelor's degree in political science from the Catholic University of Lisbon, Portugal.
This episode discusses the role, challenges, failures, and geopolitical impact of United Nations peacekeeping missions in African countries.
Also, we highlighted her article "Peacekeeping without the UN." published in the Geopolitical Intelligence Services. Link: https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/un-peacekeeping-africa/
The statements, posts, views, comments, reactions, or opinions expressed in this podcast represent my views, not those of my current employer.
Welcome to a new episode of The Geopolitical Puzzle.
Today, in this episode, my guest is Karl-Peter Schwarz, former Austrian foreign correspondent in Rome.
He is the author of a very interesting article entitled "Vatican Geopolitics," which was published by the Geopolitical Intelligence Service.
Karl Peter Shwarz shares how the Vatican and the Pope position themselves in the geopolitical sphere.
Welcome to the second season of The Geopolitical Puzzle. For this episode, my guest is Joel Baguandin from Guyana.
Joel Baguandin is a financial advisor and political consultant based in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana.
In this episode, Joel shares his opinions on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region and its geopolitical impact on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the world.
Contact Joel Baguandin on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-bhagwandin-57481470/
Read his article: The Guyana/Venezuela Border Controversy, the Geopolitics of Oil, & Regional Security. https://www.guyanastandard.com/2023/10/01/the-guyana-venezuela-border-controversy-the-geopolitics-of-oil-regional-security/
Host: Juan Carlos Giraldo
Production: Podcast and Business
Music: Inspirational Epic Cinematic - Pixabay Music
Welcome to a new episode of The Geopolitical Puzzle; today, my guest is Joseph Wehmeyer, a press intern at the United States Senate.
Joseph Wehemeyer is the author of the article "What Would Greenland Independence Mean for the Arctic?" published in the Council on Foreign Relations.
In this episode, we will analyze his article, the possible geopolitical implications of Greenland's independence, its strategic location, and how climate change is crucial to its geopolitical impact on the Arctic Circle and the world.
Disclaimer: The article written by Joseph Wehmeyer about Greenland, which will be the topic of discussion in this episode, was written during his work as an editorial intern at the Council on Foreign Relations. This conversation will be based on the research he conducted for the article and its content. Any predictions or contributions are his personal views and opinions and not necessarily the views of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Host: Juan Carlos Giraldo
Production: Podcast and Business
Music: Inspirational Epic Cinematic - Pixabay Music
Welcome to a new episode of The Geopolitical Puzzle; today, my guest is Professor Michael Woldemariam.
Professor Michael Woldemariam is an associate professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a senior fellow at the Maryland Center for International and Security Studies.
Professor Woldemariam focuses on teaching and research in African security studies, particularly concerning armed conflicts in the Horn of Africa.
In this episode, we discuss the crisis in the Horn of Africa due to the civil war between Ethiopia's government and the Tigray region insurgents and why this region is critical geopolitically speaking.
Host: Juan Carlos Giraldo
Production: Podcast and Business
Music: Inspirational Epic Cinematic - Pixabay Music
Welcome to a new episode of The Geopolitical Puzzle.
In this episode, my guest is Javad Keypour, an Iranian professional based in Tallinn, Estonia.
Javad Keypour is a climate and energy expert. His experience spans sustainable energy and geopolitics, energy security, and natural gas technologies.
Keypour has worked for the office of the Vice President of Science and Technology of Iran as an expert in energy markets for five years.
Currently, he is part of the Climate and Energy Program at the Stockholm Environment Institute in Estonia.
In this episode, we talk about the impact of the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia with the support of China and its repercussions in the Middle East.
Disclaimer: The guest's comments and opinions expressed in this episode are his personal opinions and do not represent the positions of any of the entities he represents.
Host: Juan Carlos Giraldo
Production: Podcast and Business
Music: Inspirational Epic Cinematic - Pixabay Music
Welcome to a new episode of The Geopolitical Puzzle.
This year, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed alarm at the precarious situation of asylum-seekers and migrants attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean and called for concerted efforts to ensure their swift rescue and dignified, effective, and thorough processing at a safe location.
Since 2014, over 26,000 people have died or gone missing crossing the Mediterranean, including over 20,000 along the Central Mediterranean route, and it is considered among the most dangerous migration routes in the world.
For this new episode, my guest is Clint Azzopardi Flores.
Clint Azzopardi Flores is an economist from Malta. He has worked in Brussels, Belgium, representing the Maltese Government in the EU.
In 2018, Azzopardi Flores was appointed Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, where he held the position for four years.
During his tenure, he witnessed different crises, including the Libyan and Syrian crises, the negotiations of the European Peace Facility, and the negotiations of the new Military Mission Operation Irini.
In this episode, we discuss the geopolitical implications of the Mediterranean Sea migrant crisis.
Sources used in this conversation:
Borrell’s oversleeping child, Irini
UN News
InfoMingrants
Host: Juan Carlos Giraldo
Production: Podcast and Business
Music: Inspirational Epic Cinematic - Pixabay Music
Welcome to the first episode of The Geopolitical Puzzle. Is Latin America still lagging behind in times of globalization? Is perhaps regionalization a great opportunity?
In this episode, I talk with Shannon O'Neil to analyze Latin America and its great opportunities in times of regionalization.
Shannon K. O'Neil is the vice president, deputy director of studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
She is an expert on global trade, supply chains, Mexico, Latin America, and democracy.
She is the author of the book The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter? Published in October 2022.
She explains the growth of three main global manufacturing and supply chain hubs and what they mean for the U.S. economy.
Source used for this episode: Why Latin America Lost at Globalization—and How It Can Win Now
Host and Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo
Music: Inspirational Epic Cinematic - Pixabay Music
Despite its small size and isolation, Diego Garcia hosts a joint UK-US military facility that supports American power projection across three continents. We will analyze its location, history, operational capabilities, recent diplomatic developments, and why it remains essential for US national security in 2026.
El 3 de enero de 2026, fuerzas especiales de EE.UU. irrumpieron en Caracas y capturaron al presidente Nicolás Maduro y a su esposa Cilia Flores en una operación quirúrgica que cambió el tablero regional para siempre. ¿Qué significa esto para Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, China y Rusia? Analizamos el fin de una era chavista, el precedente de intervención directa en el hemisferio, el impacto en el narcotráfico y los escenarios de caos o transición que se abren.
In this five-episode season, we'll focus on the Arctic: a region of increasing strategic geopolitical competition, with enormous potential in terms of resources, shipping routes, and profound environmental changes.In this first episode, we talk with Serafima Andreeva, a researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway's leading research institute on Arctic international affairs. Her work and research interests are primarily in governance and Arctic geopolitical dynamics, with a focus on analyzing geopolitical tensions.In this episode, we'll discuss misconceptions about the Arctic and the realities shaping its future.For this episode, we have as a co-host Andrey Todorov, a researcher and professor at the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea and an expert in Arctic topics.
En la actualidad las noticias relacionadas al canal de panamá y su rol en las relaciones internacionales y geopolíticas están en las portadas internacionales debido a que desde que retorno al poder el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, desde que regresó al poder en enero, ha afirmado repetidamente su intención de retomar la influencia sobre el canal.Amilcar Bonilla, profesor de Derecho en la Universidad de Panama es el autor de una interesante articulo titulado : Consideraciones Geopolíticas Del Canal De Panamá, publicado en la El Anuario de Derecho una Revista especializada y científica del Centro de Investigación Jurídica de la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad de Panamá. En este episodio converso con el Profesor Bonilla conversamos acerca de la historia, la importancia y rol geopolítico del canal de panama en la actualidad mundial.
Bienvenidos a The Geopolitical Puzzle, En enero de 2025, el presidente Trump acaparó titulares al firmar una orden ejecutiva que renombró torno al Golfo de México, ¿o mejor dicho, el Golfo de América? Una medida que generó controversia y debate y que tiene consecuencias mas alla de solo el cambio de nombre en cuanto a la geopolítica, diplomacia, comercio y mas. Hoy, nuestro invitado es Eduardo Ordóñez, un analista mexicano especializado en riesgo geopolítico y seguridad con experiencia en análisis estratégico y evaluación de riesgo político y exploraremos qué hay detrás de este cambio de nombre, las reacciones que ha provocado y lo que podría significar para el futuro de esta vital región.
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