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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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3 mo on HNBitcoin Is Protecting Human Rights Around the World
ReasonTV
3 HN recommender · 2021–2021
2 mo on HNYes Minister — Why Britain Joined the European Union
Hostis Humani Generis
2 HN recommender · 2016–2021
2 mo on HNWhere's the 'Collusion'?
The Real News Network
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNIowa Swine Day 2022: Agriculture at the End of the World
Iowa Pork Industry Center
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNThe Chinese Student Crisis
PolyMatter
2 HN recommender · 2022–2022
2 mo on HNTrump's Biggest Failure
Kraut
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNNord Stream sabotage and hybrid war on Europe
Anders Puck Nielsen
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNHow Corruption Destroys Armies - Theft, Graft, and Russian failure in Ukraine
Perun
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNDEF CON 24 - Chris Rock - How to Overthrow a Government
DEFCONConference
2 HN recommender · 2017–2019
2 mo on HNThe Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK | FT Film
Financial Times
3 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNTikTok in China versus the United States | 60 Minutes
60 Minutes
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNRalph Langner: Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon
TED
2 HN recommender · 2011–2021
2 mo on HNUnderstanding the Russian mindset
CaspianReport
2 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HNChina's Invasion Barges, Leading Indicator Of Plans For Taiwan
H I Sutton
2 HN recommender · 2025–2025
2 mo on HNWhat is a genocide?
Anders Puck Nielsen
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNWhy Russia Can’t Replace TSMC
Asianometry
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNGeorge Friedman, "Europe: Destined for Conflict?"
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
2 HN recommender · 2015–2022
2 mo on HNAre NEW Chinese buildings really FALLING DOWN?
ADVChina
2 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HNHow Semiconductors Ruined East Germany
Asianometry
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNChina's 7nm Chips: SMIC N+2
Asianometry
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNThe Most Complex International Borders in the World
WonderWhy
2 HN recommender · 2015–2018
2 mo on HNDemographic Collapse — China's Reckoning (Part 1)
PolyMatter
2 HN recommender · 2021–2021
1 mo on HNHypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis Documentaries
1 HN recommend · 2024–2026
1 mo on HNKGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984)
Offensive Freedom
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNThe CIA is a Terrorist Organization
Second Thought
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNKGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America
Persian Humanist
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HNДворец для Путина. История самой большой взятки
Алексей Навальный
1 HN recommend · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNWe Went To North Korea To Get A Haircut
Boy Boy
1 HN recommend · 2022–2026
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 HNFormer KGB Agent Yuri Bezmenov Explains How to Brainwash a Nation (Full Length)
Federaljacktube
1 HN recommend · 2016–2017
1 mo on HNNeo-Nazi threat in new Ukraine: NEWSNIGHT
BBC Politics
1 HN recommend · 2018–2023
1 mo on HNWorld-famous liberal commentator Bill Maher calls out Trudeau.
Pierre Poilievre
1 HN recommend · 2022–2022
1 mo on HNChina vs EU on debt conditions
Geshan Dissanayake
1 HN recommend · 2020–2023
1 mo on HNEmpire Files: How Palestine Became Colonized
TeleSUR English
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022
1 mo on HNHow China Tracks Everyone
VICE News
1 HN recommend · 2020–2026