<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generator="wordpress.com" -->
<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"
	xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
	xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"
	xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"
	>
<url><loc>https://globalgeopolitics.co.uk/2026/04/22/when-terms-are-rejected-and-wars-cannot-be-won/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Global geopolitics</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-22T07:00:31+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>When Terms Are Rejected and Wars Cannot Be Won</news:title><news:keywords>military industrial complex, hezbollah, Geopolitics, Middle East conflict, deterrence, political economy, energy security, UN Security Council, Ukraine-Russia war, information warfare, Game Theory, Strait of Hormuz, Strategic Competition, Western foreign policy, multipolar world order, global energy markets, attrition warfare, maritime chokepoints, bab el mandeb, global trade disruption, international relations theory, Iran US relations, proxy wars, global governance crisis, Brazil foreign policy, Lula da Silva, Israel Lebanon conflict, sanctions economy</news:keywords></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://globalgeopolitics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_20260418_233021.jpg?w=131</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://globalgeopolitics.co.uk/2026/04/21/the-strain-between-what-was-and-what-is-becoming/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Global geopolitics</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-21T07:00:12+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>The Strain Between What Was and What Is Becoming</news:title><news:keywords>China, Russia, iran, sanctions, Geopolitics, State power, trade networks, supply chains, dollar system, technocracy, oil trade, CBDC, central banks, Strategic Competition, Economic Security, commodity markets, globalisation, fragmentation, power systems, monetary order, energy control, gold flows, financial system, crypto, asset managers, banks, military power, deglobalisation, digital finance, international order</news:keywords></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://globalgeopolitics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_20260421_022343.jpg?w=150</image:loc></image:image></url></urlset>
