In between “Liberation Day” (Donald Trump’s name for the occasion of his announcing a global tariff regime) and “Capitulation Day” (The Independent’s name for the occasion of his rowing back from it), we said: “Trump’s tariffs will result in a major geo-political shift”.
We didn’t need the hyphen. The Independent’s style council advises us to avoid hyphens that separate a prefix from the root word, with some exceptions. A hyphenated prefix can be added to avoid confusion, as in re-sent, which doesn’t mean resent, or to avoid an uncomfortable meeting of letters, such as in re-elect. “Geopolitical” doesn’t run close to either of these hazards.
