Geopolitical Cousins throws together analysts Jacob Shapiro and Marko Papic for some of the most in-depth, off-the-wall geopolitical analysis in the world.
Geopolitical Cousins
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Geopolitical Cousins throws together analysts Jacob Shapiro and Marko Papic for some of the most in-depth, off-the-wall geopolitical analysis in the world.
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July 8, 2026
A Little Belgium Cherub Gets to Pee in Trump's Pool
<p>Iran, Hormuz, another tanker on fire - sure, fine, but the real question is: what's actually driving the behavior here, and it's not the diplomacy everyone keeps quoting. Marko and Jacob argue it out: chokepoint tolls, the memorandum nobody trusts, oil prices doing more work than anyone wants to admit. Then Europe, because apparently that's still a thing - NATO's arms-deal theater, Le Pen's conviction, a French case nobody's making. And yes, the World Cup gets its forty minutes. It's a good one. </p><p>--</p><p><strong><u>Timestamps:</u></strong></p><p>(00:00) - Welcome and Episode Preview</p><p>(01:00) - World Cup vs World News</p><p>(02:03) - Hormuz Tanker Attacks</p><p>(03:07) - Oil Prices Drive Reality</p><p>(30:52) - Phony Russia Sanctions</p><p>(32:46) - Europe Rearms and Le Pen</p><p>(37:36) - Ukraine Stalemate and Crimea</p><p>(47:33) - World Cup Trump and FIFA</p><p>(01:02:20) - Birthright Soccer Paradox</p><p>(01:03:12) - Why World Cup Matters</p><p>(01:08:15) - American Grit on Pitch</p><p>(01:10:18) - Announcers and Fan Culture</p><p>(01:12:28) - Norway and Haaland Mythos</p><p>(01:13:36) - Trump FIFA and Nationalism</p><p>(01:16:30) - Sports as Peaceful Outlet</p><p>(01:23:30) - Predictions and Final Picks</p><p>(01:26:07) - Closing Love for World Cup</p><p>--</p><p><strong><u>Referenced in the Show:</u></strong></p><p></p><p>--</p><p><strong>Geopolitical Cousins</strong> is produced and edited by Audiographies LLC. More information at <a href="https://audiographies.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">audiographies.com</a></p><p>--</p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro</strong> is a speaker, consultant, author, and researcher covering global politics and affairs, economics, markets, technology, history, and culture. He speaks to audiences of all sizes around the world, helps global multinationals make strategic decisions about political risks and opportunities, and works directly with investors to grow and protect their assets in today’s volatile global environment. His insights help audiences across industries like finance, agriculture, and energy make sense of the world.</p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro Site:</strong> <a href="https://jacobshapiro.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jacobshapiro.com</a></p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro LinkedIn: </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-l-s-a9337416" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/jacob-l-s-a9337416</a></p><p><strong>Jacob Twitter:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/JacobShap" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">x.com/JacobShap</a></p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro Substack: </strong><a href="https://jashap.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jashap.substack.com/subscribe </a></p><p>--</p><p><strong>Marko Papic</strong> is a macro and geopolitical expert at BCA Research, a global investment research firm. He provides in-depth analysis that combines geopolitics and markets in a framework called GeoMacro. He is also the author of Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future.</p><p><strong>Marko’s Book & Newsletter:</strong> <a href="https://www.geopoliticalalpha.com/marko-papic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.geopoliticalalpha.com/marko-papic </a></p><p><strong>Marko’s Linkedin:</strong> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marko-papic-geopolitics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/marko-papic-geopolitics/</a></p><p><strong>Marko’s Twitter:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/Geo_papic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/Geo_papic</a></p><p><strong>Marko’s Macro & Geopolitical Research at BCA:</strong> <a href="https://www.bcaresearch.com/marketing/geomacro" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bcaresearch.com/marketing/geomacro</a></p>
July 6, 2026
16 Books That Shaped Us
<p>It's the <strong>Book Episode</strong>!!! Marko and Jacob turn their usual geopolitical sparring into a book draft: eight titles each, no rules, no rankings, just the texts that actually built their analytical muscle <3 The cousin picks span philosophy, fiction, psychology, and history. Machiavelli's The Prince opens the list, followed by texts on Marxism, biography, social psychology, and intelligence tradecraft. Marko favors frameworks that discipline thinking; Jshap leans on fiction and history to capture how humans behave. Tune in to hear more :)</p><p>--</p><p><strong><u>Timestamps:</u></strong></p><p>(00:00) - Welcome and Reading Habit</p><p>(01:06) - Heat Talk and Air Conditioning</p><p>(03:34) - Book Draft Setup</p><p>(04:54) - Machiavelli The Prince</p><p>(16:20) - Talmud and Contrarian Thinking</p><p>(23:14) - Marx Das Kapital</p><p>(43:33) - Analyst Biases Primer</p><p>(46:15) - Framework Over Rolodex</p><p>(50:03) - Weber Versus Marx</p><p>(53:53) - Power And Human Nature</p><p>(01:02:47) - Realism And Institutions</p><p>(01:12:48) - Haunting Endings And Paradigms</p><p>--</p><p><strong><u>Referenced in the Show:</u></strong></p><p>The Prince — Niccolò Machiavelli (Marko Papic)</p><p>The Talmud — Jewish corpus of rabbinic commentary, no single author (Jacob Shapiro)</p><p>Das Kapital (Capital) — Karl Marx (Marko Papic)</p><p>All the King's Men — Robert Penn Warren (Jacob Shapiro)</p><p>The Person and the Situation — Lee Ross & Richard Nisbett (Marko Papic)</p><p>Psychology of Intelligence Analysis — Richards J. Heuer Jr. (Jacob Shapiro)</p><p>The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism — Max Weber (Marko Papic)</p><p>Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson series) — Robert Caro (Jacob Shapiro)</p><p>Lord of the Flies — William Golding (Marko Papic)</p><p>Politics Among Nations — Hans Morgenthau (Jacob Shapiro)</p><p>The Tragedy of Great Power Politics — John Mearsheimer (Marko Papic)</p><p>The Search for Modern China — Jonathan Spence (Jacob Shapiro)</p><p>Why Nations Fail — Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson (Marko Papic)</p><p>A Bend in the River — V.S. Naipaul (Jacob Shapiro)</p><p>The End: Hitler's Germany, 1944–45 — Ian Kershaw (Marko Papic)</p><p>The Structure of Scientific Revolutions — Thomas Kuhn (Jacob Shapiro)</p><p>--</p><p><strong>Geopolitical Cousins</strong> is produced and edited by Audiographies LLC. More information at <a href="https://audiographies.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">audiographies.com</a></p><p>--</p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro</strong> is a speaker, consultant, author, and researcher covering global politics and affairs, economics, markets, technology, history, and culture. He speaks to audiences of all sizes around the world, helps global multinationals make strategic decisions about political risks and opportunities, and works directly with investors to grow and protect their assets in today’s volatile global environment. His insights help audiences across industries like finance, agriculture, and energy make sense of the world.</p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro Site:</strong> <a href="https://jacobshapiro.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jacobshapiro.com</a></p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro LinkedIn: </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-l-s-a9337416" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/jacob-l-s-a9337416</a></p><p><strong>Jacob Twitter:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/JacobShap" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">x.com/JacobShap</a></p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro Substack: </strong><a href="https://jashap.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jashap.substack.com/subscribe </a></p><p>--</p><p><strong>Marko Papic</strong> is a macro and geopolitical expert at BCA Research, a global investment research firm. He provides in-depth analysis that combines geopolitics and markets in a framework called GeoMacro. He is also the author of Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future.</p><p><strong>Marko’s Book & Newsletter:</strong> <a href="https://www.geopoliticalalpha.com/marko-papic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.geopoliticalalpha.com/marko-papic </a></p><p><strong>Marko’s Linkedin:</strong> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marko-papic-geopolitics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/marko-papic-geopolitics/</a></p><p><strong>Marko’s Twitter:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/Geo_papic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/Geo_papic</a></p><p><strong>Marko’s Macro & Geopolitical Research at BCA:</strong> <a href="https://www.bcaresearch.com/marketing/geomacro" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bcaresearch.com/marketing/geomacro</a></p>
June 27, 2026
The Esprit de Corps of Buc-ees
<p>Drones aren't a technological revolution - they're a pain-tolerance equalizer, letting Ukraine strike refineries deep inside a country that never planned to defend them. Jacob and Marko trace the defender's-advantage pattern across 1948 Israel, Vietnam, and Nagorno-Karabakh, arguing offense rarely wins against a population fighting for its home. The long-term call: Ukraine emerges as the next South Korea, corruption and all, while Putin's 2022 claim that "there is no Ukraine" ages into one of history's great own-goals. There's a new Ukraine being born, and Putin is a founding father :)</p><p>--</p><p><strong><u>Timestamps:</u></strong></p><p>(00:00) - Show Updates Teasers</p><p>(00:28) - Shaggy Marco Check In</p><p>(01:42) - Reflecting Pool Absurdity</p><p>(04:14) - World Cup Surprise Hit</p><p>(08:59) - Buc ees America Vibes</p><p>(13:45) - Freedom Why Not</p><p>(17:45) - Private Beach Reality Check</p><p>(18:48) - Zelensky Propaganda Blitz</p><p>(20:47) - Crimea Air Defense Strain</p><p>(23:25) - Putin Weakness Pivot Talk</p><p>(29:24) - Russian Economy Under Hood</p><p>(34:03) - Drones War Revolution</p><p>(35:00) - Defense Industry Oligopoly</p><p>(36:11) - Putin Mobilization Tells All</p><p>(40:15) - Drones and Pain Tolerance</p><p>(45:52) - Counter Drone Arms Race</p><p>(46:48) - 1948 Israel and Supply Lines</p><p>(55:25) - Why Conquest Usually Fails</p><p>(59:21) - Esprit de Corps Matters</p><p>(01:02:50) - Azerbaijan Drone Blueprint</p><p>(01:04:00) - Ukraine Economic Miracle Bet</p><p>(01:07:28) - Putin Own Goal Finale</p><p>--</p><p><strong><u>Referenced in the Show:</u></strong></p><p></p><p>--</p><p><strong>Geopolitical Cousins</strong> is produced and edited by Audiographies LLC. More information at <a href="https://audiographies.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">audiographies.com</a></p><p>--</p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro</strong> is a speaker, consultant, author, and researcher covering global politics and affairs, economics, markets, technology, history, and culture. He speaks to audiences of all sizes around the world, helps global multinationals make strategic decisions about political risks and opportunities, and works directly with investors to grow and protect their assets in today’s volatile global environment. His insights help audiences across industries like finance, agriculture, and energy make sense of the world.</p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro Site:</strong> <a href="https://jacobshapiro.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jacobshapiro.com</a></p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro LinkedIn: </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-l-s-a9337416" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/jacob-l-s-a9337416</a></p><p><strong>Jacob Twitter:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/JacobShap" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">x.com/JacobShap</a></p><p><strong>Jacob Shapiro Substack: </strong><a href="https://jashap.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jashap.substack.com/subscribe </a></p><p>--</p><p><strong>Marko Papic</strong> is a macro and geopolitical expert at BCA Research, a global investment research firm. He provides in-depth analysis that combines geopolitics and markets in a framework called GeoMacro. He is also the author of Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future.</p><p><strong>Marko’s Book & Newsletter:</strong> <a href="https://www.geopoliticalalpha.com/marko-papic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.geopoliticalalpha.com/marko-papic </a></p><p><strong>Marko’s Linkedin:</strong> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marko-papic-geopolitics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/marko-papic-geopolitics/</a></p><p><strong>Marko’s Twitter:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/Geo_papic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/Geo_papic</a></p><p><strong>Marko’s Macro & Geopolitical Research at BCA:</strong> <a href="https://www.bcaresearch.com/marketing/geomacro" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bcaresearch.com/marketing/geomacro</a></p>
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