Geopolitics Is Dead. Long Live Geoeconomics.

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss Saudi King Salman’s landmark trip to Moscow and what the visit—the first by a Saudi monarch—says about Russia’s growing influence in the Middle East.

For the Report, Salvatore Babones talks with Andrew Green about how geoeconomics is replacing geopolitics as the driver of international power politics, and why that is ultimately good for the United States.

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Relevant Articles on WPR:

• Money Talks: The Rise of Geoeconomics Is Playing Right Into Washington’s Hands

• Russia’s Word Increasingly Means More in the Middle East Than America’s

• Is Russia the West’s Potential Partner, Rival, Adversary—or Even Enemy?

• Czechs Are Set to Task Their Own Controversial Billionaire With Draining the Swamp

• Is Kenya’s Election Debacle a Failure of Technology or Governance?

Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie.

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 Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie. Listeners of the Trend Lines podcast who would like to read more from World Politics Review can sign up for our free twice-weekly email newsletter here. To send feedback or questions, email us at [email protected].