Dethroning the ‘Dollar Dictatorship’
Authors: Dr. Matthew Crosston , Andy Deahn Russian President Vladimir Putin has loudly projected that his nation and the other Caspian nations will leave...
Hic Dracones: Corruption across the Caspian
Corruption is an issue and dilemma for every country in the world. No state is immune. No culture has developed a vaccine. Despite this,...
China and Russia: Cyber Cousins but not Cyber Brothers
There seems to be a strong divergence in perception behind China's desire to command cyberspace offensively. On the one hand, there is the assumption...
The Pluto of International Organizations: The Evolution of the SCO
This piece investigates the unique peculiarities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Instead of being a Eurasian counterpart to the EU, an additional IO...
The Irony of Revolution: JCPOA as Youth Coercion Tool in Iran
Authors: Dr. Matthew Crosston, Paula Malott The recently signed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran, the United States, the United Kingdom, France,...
Russian Nemesis? Cold War Pathologies and Analytical Afflictions
There have been numerous articles on the authoritarian strengthening of power in Russia and Putin’s backsliding from democracy throughout the 2000s. Russian positions and...
Enemy of My Enemy: Keeping Iran Cornered through Saudi-Israeli Strategy
The endlessly fickle oscillation of global affairs is being witnessed today by the waxing and waning of American enthusiasm for an Iranian nuclear deal,...
America vs. Russia: Bringing a Knife to a Foreign Policy Gunfight
In some ways the United States has played a very strange self-injurious game since 1991 when it comes to Russia. On the one hand,...
Putin-Mongering
If you spend some time listening to reputable news shows all across the West you will start to notice several recurring ‘interpretations’ that explain...
The Silk Road Superhighway: Kazakh Transportation as Geopolitics
It is entirely common for a federal government to make budgetary promises to improve infrastructure. Indeed, every country around the world is full with...