The following is the Dec. 8, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report, Defense Primer: Geography, Strategy and ...

Geography as a school subject is under pressure. There aren't enough qualified teachers and it loses out to other subjects in school. In many countries, important aspects are left out of the curricula ...

In 1904, the British geographer and strategist Sir Halford Mackinder delivered a paper to the Royal Geographical Society in London titled, "The Geographic Pivot of History." In it, he argued that ...

The Army, built for sustained heavy occupation, cannot deploy a brigade in under a month. The Marines, in contrast, are ...

An international team of researchers has used knowledge of historical geography to reexamine the earliest datable total solar eclipse record known to the scientific community, enabling accurate ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's vast and diverse geography, with the Amazon to the north, mountain ranges along the Atlantic coast and the Andes to its west, may have helped it avoid the U.S. fate of ...

This study investigated how geography helps explain the striking increase in opioid-related overdose deaths among Black Americans since the proliferation of fentanyl. Using mortality data from the ...

Smuggling routes don’t form randomly; they trace the old paths of trade arteries and narrow passes carved by nature and human stubbornness. The geography underpinning these smuggling networks reflects ...

Until now, access to healthcare has been geographic. In Minnesota, I often take the quality of our healthcare systems for granted, especially with the Mayo Clinic, one of the world’s best hospital ...