PickVidsBest Geopolitics & foreign policy Videos
The 144 Geopolitics & foreign policy videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 3 introductory, 5 intermediate, 135 for a general viewer, and 1 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a news piece. What they share is that what remains is the argument of that moment, not a permanent textbook. Channels you will keep seeing include CGP Grey, VICE News, VICE.
Understanding the Russian mindset
CaspianReport explainer arguing that Russia's geography, especially its vast size and indefensible Moscow core, shapes its political behavior.
China's Invasion Barges, Leading Indicator Of Plans For Taiwan
Defense analyst H I Sutton argues that a new type of Chinese landing barge can only be explained by planning for an amphibious assault, in particular on Taiwan.
What is a genocide?
Anders Puck Nielsen clears up common misunderstandings about what legally counts as genocide, then compares the situation in Gaza with the genocide case against Putin.
Why Russia Can’t Replace TSMC
Asianometry explains why Russia cannot replace TSMC after sanctions halted chip shipments.
George Friedman, "Europe: Destined for Conflict?"
George Friedman of Stratfor speaks at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about flashpoints in Europe that he expects to erupt again, including borderlands and cultural fault lines.
Are NEW Chinese buildings really FALLING DOWN?
The ADVChina hosts tour a villa neighborhood in southern China that was built only three years earlier and is already empty and deteriorating.
How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany
Asianometry examines how East Germany tried and failed to build a native semiconductor industry despite heavy investment, including the espionage involved in acquiring Western microelectronics technology.
China's 7nm Chips: SMIC N+2
Asianometry's short analysis of SMIC's N+2 node, China's 7nm leap forward.
The Most Complex International Borders in the World
WonderWhy surveys complex international borders, including enclaves like Vatican City, San Marino and Lesotho, the enclave-within-enclave town of Baarle, and the India-Bangladesh Cooch Behar region.
Demographic Collapse — China's Reckoning (Part 1)
PolyMatter's first part of a series on China's demographic collapse, covering the effects of the one-child policy, shrinking workforce and economic consequences.
Hypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis's 2016 BBC documentary arguing that politicians, financiers and technologists retreated into a simplified, fake version of the world because reality became too complex.
KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984)
A short clip of former KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov in 1984 describing Soviet ideological subversion of Western societies.
The CIA is a Terrorist Organization
A Second Thought video arguing that the CIA is responsible for serious crimes, coups and unrest around the world, with historical examples and further reading.
KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America
A clip of a 1984 interview with KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov describing Soviet ideological subversion and demoralization of a target society, uploaded with a politically charged framing.
Дворец для Путина. История самой большой взятки
Alexei Navalny's team investigation into a vast palace allegedly built for Putin, including the history of the bribes behind it.
We Went To North Korea To Get A Haircut
Two Australian YouTubers travel to North Korea and get a haircut while examining how Western media sensationalizes stories about the country.
Some Countries Exist Only on Paper
A short CGP Grey explainer about how countries are defined, why recognition by others matters, and the oddities of places like Taiwan and Vatican City.
Noam Chomsky - The Crimes of U.S. Presidents
A short clip, from 2003, of Noam Chomsky going through crimes of post-WW2 US presidents.
Former KGB Agent Yuri Bezmenov Explains How to Brainwash a Nation (Full Length)
A long interview with former KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov describing what he calls ideological subversion, a process of demoralizing a nation.
Neo-Nazi threat in new Ukraine: NEWSNIGHT
A 2014 BBC Newsnight report by Gabriel Gatehouse on the presence and influence of far-right and neo-Nazi groups in the new Ukrainian government after the Maidan.
World-famous liberal commentator Bill Maher calls out Trudeau.
A one-minute clip posted by Canadian politician Pierre Poilievre featuring Bill Maher criticizing Justin Trudeau's remarks about unvaccinated people.
China vs EU on debt conditions
A clip of Yanis Varoufakis answering a question about China versus the EU on debt conditions.
Empire Files: How Palestine Became Colonized
An Empire Files episode giving a timeline of Zionist settlement, the Nakba and Israel's expansion over Palestinian land, presented from a critical, anti-colonial viewpoint.
How China Tracks Everyone
VICE News reporter Elle Reeve investigates China's rollout of facial recognition and mass surveillance technology and what it means for citizens.