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.

Welcome to The Geopolitical Puzzle. In this episode, my guest is Yunus Turhan, Associate Professor at the Ankara HacıBayramVeli University in Turkey and Post Doctoral Researcher at Harvard University.

He also authorizes an interesting paper, "The hydro-political dilemma in Africa 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/

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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 a new episode of "The Geopolitical Puzzle".

For this episode, my guest is Dr. Simona Grano, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She also co-authors the book "China-US Competition: Impact on the Strategic Choices of Small and Medium Powers."

We discussed the relationship between Switzerland and China, how Bern handles relations between the United States and China, and Switzerland's position regarding the recent elections in Taiwan..

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