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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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1 mo on HNMcNamara meets with Castro (Fog of War)
8bitRicky
1 HN recommend · 2018–2024
1 mo on HNThe Gun Markets of Pakistan with Suroosh Alvi
VICE
1 HN recommend · 2014–2020
1 mo on HNPutin is 'rebuilding Russian empire' says Senator McCain - BBC HARDtalk
BBC HARDtalk
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025
1 mo on HNPutin's new Russian MHD weapons explained (1st part)
Jean-Pierre PETIT
1 HN recommend · 2019–2023
1 mo on HNThe US & the Ukraine conflict : Recorded conversation between Victoria Nuland and Geoffrey Pyatt
The Tribune
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026
1 mo on HNPROFESSOR JOHN MEARSHEIMER: THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE
King's Politics
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNDECLINE of EMPIRES: The Signs of Decay
eon3
1 HN recommend · 2018–2023
1 mo on HNHow China Is Changing Your Internet | The New York Times
The New York Times
1 HN recommend · 2016–2017
1 mo on HNInside China's 'thought transformation' camps - BBC News
BBC News
1 HN recommend · 2020–2021
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 HNPutin's Revenge: Julia Ioffe (interview) | FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE PBS | Official
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNThe Lobby P1: Young Friends of Israel l Al Jazeera Investigations
Al Jazeera English
1 HN recommend · 2017–2022
1 mo on HNWhy France is Actually Preparing for War With Russia
RealLifeLore
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025
1 mo on HNPutin's famous Munich Speech 2007
Voevoda
1 HN recommend · 2022–2026
1 mo on HNUkraine on Fire
Global Tree Pictures
1 HN recommend · 2022–2022
1 mo on HNRussian Invasion - Salami Tactics | Yes Prime Minister
British Comedy
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026
0 mo on HNTrump blasts Germany over gas pipeline deal with Russia
CBS Evening News
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNWhich country does the most good for the world? | Simon Anholt
TED
0 HN recommender · 2016–2020
0 mo on HNUS President Joe Biden: “If there were not an Israel, we’d have to invent one.”
Middle East Eye
0 HN recommender · 2024–2026
0 mo on HNMigrants being sold as slaves in Libya
CNN
0 HN recommender · 2018–2021
0 mo on HNIs the price worth it
tclim988
0 HN recommender · 2022–2026
0 mo on HNRussian missile fails and 'boomerangs back at Russian troops'
The Sun
0 HN recommender · 2022–2022
0 mo on HNJohn McCain addresses Ukrainian protesters in Kiev
The Guardian
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNTrump: Germany 'Totally Controlled By Russia'
Associated Press
0 HN recommender · 2022–2023
0 mo on HNAfghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy (Full Documentary)
Empire Files
0 HN recommender · 2020–2026
0 mo on HNOnly Two Countries Can Still Claim Antarctica
CGP Grey
0 HN recommender · 2016–2022
0 mo on HNChina’s "Social Credit System" Has Caused More Than Just Public Shaming (HBO)
VICE News
0 HN recommender · 2018–2019
0 mo on HNBiden says he'll shut down Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia further invades Ukraine
Yahoo Finance
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNGermany Reacts to Trump's UNGA Speech
Bloomberg News
0 HN recommender · 2022–2026
0 mo on HNHillary Clinton on Gaddafi: We came, we saw, he died
FederalJacktube6
0 HN recommender · 2013–2019
0 mo on HNWhy Evangelical Christians Love Israel | VICE on HBO
VICE News
0 HN recommender · 2019–2022
0 mo on HNHow lies destroy armies - Lies, coverups, and Russian failures in Ukraine
Perun
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNGulf of Tonkin: McNamara admits It didn't happen.
compelled2283
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HNJensen Huang – Will Nvidia’s moat persist?
Dwarkesh Patel
0 HN recommender · 2026–2026
0 mo on HNRecorded conversation between Asst. Sec. of State Victoria Nuland and Amb. Jeffery Pyatt
SCMP Archive
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HN‘If I Don’t Steal [Your Home] Someone Else Will’ Israeli Settler Justifies Forcible Takeover
AJ+
0 HN recommender · 2022–2023