Global Geopolitical Events Database
The Global Geopolitical Events (GGE) Database measures bilateral geopolitical alignment using historical political events identified, classified, and scored with large language models.
- 193 countries
- UN member states
- 1950–2024
- Annual coverage
- 18,528 pairs
- Bilateral relationships
Available data
The current release contains bilateral geopolitical alignment scores for all 18,528 country pairs over 1950–2024, a panel of 1,389,600 country-pair-year observations. The scores draw on an underlying database of 833,485 political events.
Version 1.0, June 2026. Alignment scores are available as a compressed CSV. Complete event-level records are forthcoming.
Citation and related research
If you use these data, please cite both associated papers:
- Tianyu Fan (2025). “Measuring Geopolitical Alignment and Economic Growth.”
- Tianyu Fan, Mai Wo, and Wei Xiang (2025). “Geopolitical Barriers to Globalization.”
BibTeX citations are available in the repository.
For questions or access to additional data, contact tianyufan.econ@gmail.com.