diff --git a/backend/services/geo_analyzer.py b/backend/services/geo_analyzer.py
index aacaeb3..c2c0162 100644
--- a/backend/services/geo_analyzer.py
+++ b/backend/services/geo_analyzer.py
@@ -624,13 +624,19 @@ GEO_PATTERNS = [
 
 
 GEOPOLITICAL_RISK_WEIGHTS = {
-    "military": 0.25,
-    "energy": 0.20,
-    "trade_war": 0.15,
-    "political_speech": 0.15,
-    "natural_disaster": 0.10,
-    "health_crisis": 0.10,
-    "resource_scarcity": 0.05,
+    # Covers every category classify_news() can produce (data_fetcher.py GEO_KEYWORDS + "general"
+    # fallback) — previously "sanctions", "elections" and "general" were silently excluded from the
+    # aggregate score even when individually AI-scored high.
+    "military": 0.20,
+    "energy": 0.15,
+    "political_speech": 0.12,
+    "sanctions": 0.10,
+    "trade_war": 0.10,
+    "elections": 0.08,
+    "natural_disaster": 0.08,
+    "health_crisis": 0.08,
+    "resource_scarcity": 0.04,
+    "general": 0.05,
 }