Cuvânt cheie Geopolitics

Războiul din Ucraina a schimbat modul în care multe țări europene privesc politica rusă. Dintr-o dată a devenit clar cât de dependente deveniseră țările de importurile de gaze rusești timp de decenii și ce făcea Vladimir Putin. Cu toate acestea, nicio țară nu are nevoie de mai mult gaz decât Germania. Abia după invadarea Ucrainei de către Rusia, guvernul german și-a dat seama că Rusia a folosit de mult gazul ca armă pentru a-și impune voința statelor. Instrumentul creat în acest scop este compania producătoare de gaze naturale GAZPROM. Deci, cum a devenit Germania atât de dependentă de gazul rusesc? Documentarul arată cum, de-a lungul mai multor decenii și mai multe schimbări de guvern, o alianță largă de politicieni și reprezentanți ai afacerilor a făcut tot posibilul pentru a asigura aprovizionarea cu energie a Germaniei cu gaz rusesc ieftin, în timp ce politica externă a Kremlinului a devenit din ce în ce mai agresivă, iar avertismentele experților au rămas fără atenție. .

Empire is a unique programme that reports on and debates global powers on behalf of an international citizen. It does so in a way whereby it questions those geopolitical, geoeconomic, corporate, and other forms of power that influence citizens across borders. Many of those are not held accountable by any one government or any one nation, and so looking at the world as the global village it has become - with its integrated societies - we try to answer the questions on the minds of many of our viewers: why and how does global power act, react? And how does it throw its weight around?

Three top U.S. government and military officials scramble to prevent World War 3 from happening amidst the chaos of a geopolitical crisis.

China is playing an increasingly important role worldwide. Under President Xi Jinping, substantial investments are being made in communication and cooperation and industrious Chinese people are settling abroad in large numbers. Documentary maker and China expert Ruben Terlou visits them in the new VPRO travel series ‘The World of the Chinese’. Who are they, what do they want to achieve and what impact does their presence have on the local population?

After one of the most shocking presidencies in history, Donald Trump’s top advisers and the leaders who clashed with him lift the lid on the critical moments of his foreign policy.

When the 20th century opened, Britain dominated world affairs, and America stood on the sidelines. Now their positions are reversed. This is the story of how it happened.