GeoReads 003 - 5 September 2023

The Best Articles on Geopolitics.

GeoReads features our editors’ weekly selection of the best articles on geopolitics. The inclusion of an article is not an endorsement of the author(s)’ opinions or of the publication’s political positions.

New China map creates fresh controversy by delineating a deep area southward into the sea between Vietnam and the Philippines. See first link below.

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New Chinese 10-Dash map sparks furor across Indo-Pacific: Vietnam, India, Philippines, Malaysia, Breaking Defense

Beijing’s Dangerous Flirtation With Hard Power Intimidation, Eurasia Review

How France lost control of Gabon, UnHerd

Has Gabon’s ‘all-powerful’ Bongo dynasty really lost its 55-year grip?, Al Jazeera

Macron looks on as France's Africa policy crumbles, BBC

From Libya to Niger: how the West sowed chaos in the Sahel, Spiked

Perseverance and Adaptation: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive at Three Months, War on the Rocks

IDF commandos: Israel not equipped to handle Iranian explosives, Jerusalem Post

US given OK to enforce maritime law aro…