Substack Geopolitical Reporting for 2026-10-21

Updated on October 20, 2026 at 7:06:13 PM GMT

Today’s Substack reporting on geopolitics and conflict from our favorite Substack authors. There may be a few that rub you the wrong way, but most are people we’ve been following for years. Please restack posts that you found informative! For this post, we looked at 44 Substack's and located 62 current articles out of 850 reviewed.


Today's Substack's featured are:
News Forensics, Don’s Substack, The Duran, Drop Site News, Conflicts Forum’s Substack, Alexander Dugin, Multipolar Press, Indie Media Today, Escalation Trap, IS IT PROPAGANDA?®, Andrew Korybko's Newsletter, A Skeptic, John’s Substack, Rachel Blevins, The Scott Horton Show, karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium , Daniel Davis Deep Dive, Glenn Diesen’s Substack, Real Scott Ritter, George’s Newsletter, Caitlin’s Newsletter, Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge.

The Human Zoo

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[Substack - News Forensics - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:48:51 GMT]

Russian Central Bank head Elvira Nabyullina is the fly in the ointment for the Russian economy

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[Substack - Don’s Substack - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:57:47 GMT]

Putin's Two Options; Witkoff Oslo Ukraine Plan; Zelensky Has No Clue

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[Substack - The Duran - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:40:14 GMT]

Sudan drone strikes kill 160+; Oil hits five-month high; Mahmoud Khalil appeals to SCOTUS

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:41:51 GMT]

Likud Sources convinced Trump Netanyahu has real chance of winning, hence his public endorsement

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[Substack - Conflicts Forum’s Substack - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:26:30 GMT]

Desperate Maneuvers To Get Russia To Stop

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[Substack - The Duran - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:11:20 GMT]

Europe and the Armies of Chaos

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[Substack - Alexander Dugin - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:52:29 GMT]

Europe and the Armies of Chaos

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[Substack - Multipolar Press - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:43:32 GMT]

LIVESTREAM TONIGHT! News on Paris, Albania, Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine, Canada, USA & Russia | IndieNewsNow LIVE! 10-20-26 on INN | Starts at 10pm ET / 7pm PT

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[Substack - Indie Media Today - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:30:48 GMT]

Why Did Hegseth Go to the Tanker Base?

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[Substack - Escalation Trap - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:41:38 GMT]

Nine Shifts in Russia's Balance of Power, October 2026

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[Substack - IS IT PROPAGANDA?® - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:31:29 GMT]

Azerbaijan Is Expected To Prioritize The “Central Asian Community” Amidst Its Rift With Turkiye

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:30:06 GMT]

Russia Is Beginning To Conceptualize Central Asia & South Asia As The CASA Macroregion

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:53:33 GMT]

Korybko To Bordachev: The Threat Posed By ISIS-K Will Keep Russia & Central Asia Close

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:37:20 GMT]

Ukraine’s War and Europe’s Financial Reckoning

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[Substack - The Duran - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:46:09 GMT]

Korybko To Asif Durrani: The Russian-Pakistani Dispute Over Afghanistan Likely Won’t Be Resolved

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:16:11 GMT]

Five Observations About Netanyahu’s Regional Alliance Map

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:29:20 GMT]

2026-10-20 - YouTube Reports Part 1 - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:31:10 GMT]

2026-10-20 - YouTube Reports Part 2 - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:29:42 GMT]

2026-10-20 - MSM Reporting - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:28:10 GMT]

2026-10-20 - Middle East & Africa Reports - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:25:51 GMT]

2026-10-20 - Alternative Media Reports - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:24:27 GMT]

2026-10-20 - Telegram Reports - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:17:53 GMT]

Trump Just Can’t Win

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[Substack - John’s Substack - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:11:53 GMT]

FRANCE CRISIS: Europe’s Energy, Immigration, Ukraine Policies Come Home to Roost | George Szamuely

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[Substack - Rachel Blevins - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:45:47 GMT]

10/16/26 Larry Johnson on Iran, Lebanon and Yemen

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[Substack - The Scott Horton Show - Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:36:06 GMT]

Exceptionalism, Hegemony & “The War of Grand Design”

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[Substack - karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:51:35 GMT]

🌍 Mearsheimer: Ukraine Isn’t Being Abandoned, It’s Being Managed

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[Substack - Daniel Davis Deep Dive - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:17:07 GMT]

Ukraine is Trump's Bargaining Chip /John Mearsheimer

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[Substack - Daniel Davis Deep Dive - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:06:01 GMT]

Yemen Will DESTROY Saudi Economy, CLOSE Red Sea if Blockade Remains | Hussain Albukhaiti

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[Substack - Rachel Blevins - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:47:08 GMT]

Scott Ritter: Trump vs. Zelensky — End of Ukraine, NATO & EU

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[Substack - Glenn Diesen’s Substack - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:45:01 GMT]

Pozner on Mamonov: “We wouldn’t have liked each other.”

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[Substack - IS IT PROPAGANDA?® - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:30:56 GMT]

Israel-Backed Palestinian Militias Terrorize Displaced Families in Gaza

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:25:38 GMT]

Putin: the KGB Man

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[Substack - News Forensics - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:35:20 GMT]

Xi, Putin, Trump Meeting; Macron Blames Trump, Then Flees France

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[Substack - The Duran - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:41:16 GMT]

The Fall of the House of Saud

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[Substack - Real Scott Ritter - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:55:11 GMT]

UN cuts food aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza; 7th ICE detainee found dead in Texas this year; France arrests 2,400 in mass protests

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:42:15 GMT]

US quest for global domination comes apart as Europe burns

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[Substack - Conflicts Forum’s Substack - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:44:47 GMT]

Mutual Aid- Food Not Bombs, Joe Blank, Words of Will, Nataliya Vlchekova, Aspen Martin, Chanda Masta

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[Substack - Indie Media Today - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:31:20 GMT]

Ritter’s Rant 106: Burn, Baby, Burn

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[Substack - Real Scott Ritter - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:50:20 GMT]

🇫🇷Dispatch from France

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[Substack - IS IT PROPAGANDA?® - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:31:11 GMT]

Iran Just Offered to Reopen Hormuz. Today, Russia Flies In to Broker It. Will Trump Take the Exit?

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[Substack - Escalation Trap - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:27:31 GMT]

Naked Lunch in the Persian Gulf

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[Substack - Multipolar Press - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:27:21 GMT]

Graham 500% Sanctions Collapse; Zelensky Wants €155B

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[Substack - The Duran - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:42:56 GMT]

Ukraine Faces a New Test as Putin Orders Strikes to Continue

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[Substack - The Duran - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:02:16 GMT]

Korybko To Dawn: Pakistan Is The One In Denial About The Regional Terrorist Reality

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:43:54 GMT]

2026-10-19 - A Skeptic War Reports

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:19:32 GMT]

2026-10-19 - Telegram Reports - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:18:08 GMT]

Korybko To Kamran Yousaf: Russia’s Regional Moves Have Nothing To Do With The Islamic NATO

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:15:18 GMT]

2026-10-19 - Alternative Media Reports - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:13 GMT]

2026-10-19 - YouTube Reports Part 1 - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:58:58 GMT]

2026-10-19 - YouTube Reports Part 2 - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:57:57 GMT]

2026-10-19 - MSM Reporting - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:56:33 GMT]

2026-10-19 - Middle East & Africa Reports - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:55:18 GMT]

Creative Energy Diplomacy Can Lead To The US Getting The EU To Unfreeze Russia’s Assets

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:08:21 GMT]

Europe Burns, Its Leaders Fiddle

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[Substack - George’s Newsletter - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:04:01 GMT]

Anthropic Would Kill 50 Humans To Roll Out The Next AI Model

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[Substack - Caitlin’s Newsletter - Mon, 19 Oct 2026 03:01:54 GMT]

Europe BURNS as Riots SPREAD + U.S. RESUMES Support for Kiev

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[Substack - Rachel Blevins - Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:18:14 GMT]

What Would Ronny Do?

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[Substack - Real Scott Ritter - Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:16:16 GMT]

Trade, Security, Diplomacy: What Russia Told the Gulf States in Bahrain

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[Substack - IS IT PROPAGANDA?® - Sun, 18 Oct 2026 20:10:34 GMT]

Jennifer Kavanagh: Why the U.S. Should Pull Back From the First Island Chain

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[Substack - Glenn Diesen’s Substack - Sun, 18 Oct 2026 20:06:35 GMT]

Bombshell: Lithuanian Defense Minister Reveals Ukrainian Drones Used in St. Petersburg Attack Came From Polish Airspace

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[Substack - Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge - Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:45:15 GMT]