Map Library
Strategic Maps
Authoritative geopolitical maps forming the analytical spine of Global SITREP. Each map is a reference document — designed to inform, not decorate.
The Locked Sea: China's Island Chain Problem
China's coastline is hemmed in by two island chains held largely by US treaty allies. Its fleet must push through narrow, closeable straits to reach o...
Russia's Depth Problem
Map Brief...
Britain Between Worlds
Britain's strategic position between Europe and America, illustrating the geographic and political constraints facing a former maritime power now caug...
Global Age Divide
Median age by country, highlighting the growing demographic divide between ageing industrial societies and younger, rapidly growing regions that incre...
Malacca Strait
The Malacca Strait is one of the most critical maritime chokepoints in the global system, linking the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea. At its na...
Greenland and the Arctic
Greenland sits directly beneath the Arctic arc traversed by any Russian intercontinental ballistic missile targeting the United States, making it one ...
Russia-Ukraine War
The war in Ukraine has reached a revealing phase, demonstrating both Russia's conventional military limitations and the transformative role of space-b...
The GIUK Gap
The GIUK Gap — the strategic chokepoint between Greenland, Iceland, and the United Kingdom — remains one of the most enduring geographic constraints i...
Strait of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar — only 14 kilometres wide at its narrowest point — is the sole maritime connection between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterr...
South Atlantic: Argentina & the Falklands
The South Atlantic remains a region of latent tension, where Argentine aspirations to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) persist four de...
Global Terrain
Mountains, plateaus, and plains presented as enduring constraints and corridors that shape movement, defence, and power at the planetary scale....
Iran's Northern Frontier
The least restrictive terrain into Iran lies where physical possibility meets political complexity: the Armenian Highlands and South Caucasus interfac...
Global Conflict Zones
An overview of active and unresolved armed conflicts worldwide, classifying countries by the intensity of organised violence from high-intensity warfa...
Venezuela: Terrain, Energy, and Strategic Constraint
Venezuela's oil wealth is concentrated in the Orinoco Belt and Lake Maracaibo, far from political legitimacy and surrounded by terrain well suited to ...
Somaliland and the Red Sea Periphery
Somaliland occupies a strategically vital position along the Gulf of Aden, overlooking the approaches to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait — the southern gate ...
NATO: Arctic & North Atlantic View
NATO from an Arctic and North Atlantic perspective, reflecting the geographic reality that Europe and North America are linked around the high north....
NATO: European Theatre View
A Europe-focused view of NATO's post–Cold War security environment, centred on the alliance's eastern frontier and internal geography....
Global Maritime Chokepoints
The world's most critical maritime chokepoints — narrow passages through which a disproportionate share of global trade, energy flows, and naval power...
Global Maritime Trade Routes
The primary sea lines of communication (SLOCs) that underpin the global economy, tracing the dense arteries of commercial shipping connecting major pr...
Great Powers & Spheres of Influence
How major powers project influence beyond their borders through military presence, economic ties, political pressure, and historical legacy....