The global supply chains for different products, due to the increasing complexity, have nowadays exposed their vulnerability to countless disruptions, including natural disasters, pandemics, geopolitical tensions and trade wars. This review paper critically studies 17 scholarly publications focusing on global supply chains, especially around key products such as seafood, lithium, steel, energy, pharmaceuticals, agrifood, and others. The review identifies the major parties involved in the supply chains and significant business impacts, outlines obstacles and challenges, and explores the role of geopolitical tensions. The review finds geopolitical tensions have become the dominant challenge, along with technological and market forces which may restructure global logistics, trade dependencies, and risk strategies. It also finds some strategic initiatives taken by the practical world for these issues. It aims for a detailed exploration on recent geopolitical tensions as one of the most affecting supply chain disruptions under one umbrella rather than what is stated in the previous studies. Finally, some recommendations have been provided to cope with this disruption such as sourcing strategies, resiliency, visibility and digitization.