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Geopolitics & foreign policy Videos Recommended on Hacker News (144)
Geopolitics & foreign policy is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 144 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2011 and 2026 — 244 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
International affairs: foreign policy, China, Russia, Ukraine, Middle East, Israel and Palestine, NATO, sanctions, diplomacy, Taiwan, wars and interventions, international organizations.
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8 mo on HNThis Is What Winning Looks Like (Full Length)
VICE
7 HN recommender · 2014–2023
8 mo on HNTiedustelueverstin arvio Venäjästä | 3.12.2018
fin_topsu
14 HN recommender · 2022–2024
7 mo on HNDr Shashi Tharoor MP - Britain Does Owe Reparations
OxfordUnion
8 HN recommender · 2017–2023
5 mo on HN38C3 - From Silicon to Sovereignty: How Advanced Chips are Redefining Global Dominance
media.ccc.de
5 HN recommender · 2025–2026
5 mo on HNTimothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 1: Ukrainian Questions Posed by Russian Invasion
YaleCourses
6 HN recommender · 2022–2025
4 mo on HNKGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion
20th Century Time Machine
4 HN recommender · 2021–2025
4 mo on HNFULL INTERVIEW with Yuri Bezmenov: The Four Stages of Ideological Subversion (1984)
Nicholas Marshall
4 HN recommender · 2020–2026
5 mo on HNOperation InfeKtion: How Russia Perfected the Art of War | NYT Opinion
New York Times Opinion
3 HN recommender · 2019–2022
3 mo on HNЯ позвонил своему убийце. Он признался
Алексей Навальный
3 HN recommender · 2020–2021
3 mo on HNCIA Officer in Charge of Taking Down the AQ Khan Network | James Lawler | Ep. 125
The Team House
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
3 mo on HNBlack Hat USA 2013 - OPSEC failures of spies
Black Hat
3 HN recommender · 2016–2019
3 mo on HNThe KGB, The Computer and Me - The Cuckoo’s Egg Story
Australian Phoenix CyberOps
3 HN recommender · 2024–2025
3 mo on HNThe Origins of Russian Authoritarianism
Kraut
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNPandora's Box, E1: The Engineers' Plot
nagualdesign
3 HN recommender · 2014–2025
3 mo on HNThe US-Canada Border Is 5,500 Miles of Pure Nonsense
CGP Grey
3 HN recommender · 2016–2020
3 mo on HNYanis Varoufakis with Professor Noam Chomsky at NYPL, April 16, 2016 | DiEM25
DiEM25
3 HN recommender · 2016–2024
3 mo on HNThe Five Freedoms of Aviation
Wendover Productions
3 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HNYes Minister — Why Britain Joined the European Union
Hostis Humani Generis
2 HN recommender · 2016–2021
2 mo on HNDEF CON 24 - Chris Rock - How to Overthrow a Government
DEFCONConference
2 HN recommender · 2017–2019
2 mo on HNRalph Langner: Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon
TED
2 HN recommender · 2011–2021
2 mo on HNHow Semiconductors Ruined East Germany
Asianometry
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNThe Most Complex International Borders in the World
WonderWhy
2 HN recommender · 2015–2018
1 mo on HNHypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis Documentaries
1 HN recommend · 2024–2026
1 mo on HNThe CIA is a Terrorist Organization
Second Thought
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNSome Countries Exist Only on Paper
CGP Grey
1 HN recommend · 2016–2020
1 mo on HNNoam Chomsky - The Crimes of U.S. Presidents
Chomsky's Philosophy
1 HN recommend · 2018–2025
1 mo on HNMcNamara meets with Castro (Fog of War)
8bitRicky
1 HN recommend · 2018–2024
1 mo on HNSarah C. M. Paine — Why dictators keep making the same fatal mistake
Dwarkesh Patel
1 HN recommend · 2023–2025
1 mo on HNRussian Invasion - Salami Tactics | Yes Prime Minister
British Comedy
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026
0 mo on HNWhich country does the most good for the world? | Simon Anholt
TED
0 HN recommender · 2016–2020
0 mo on HNGulf of Tonkin: McNamara admits It didn't happen.
compelled2283
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HNAustralia's Defence Policy Explained
Whisper555
0 HN recommender · 2022–2022
0 mo on HNWhy the UK is in the EU
André Cunha
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNGamal Abdel Nasser laughing at Muslim Brotherhood hijab requirement in 1958 (subtitled)
Video Clips
0 HN recommender · 2017–2022
0 mo on HNLoyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul (서울의 평양 시민들)
DPRK News Room
0 HN recommender · 2021–2022
0 mo on HNYes Minister explains the EEC (EU)
Rex Lupis
0 HN recommender · 2018–2023