Global Order
The Power of Geopolitical Discourse
Geopolitics, as a discursive practice, should be taken seriously. Unfortunately, sometimes we are so busy with our daily activities and work that we tend...
The Caspian Kingmaker? Turkish Diplomatic Maneuvers and Motivations
Recent geopolitical activities have mostly painted Turkey as a diplomatic hero in mediating a role between two rival Caspian countries: Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. Past...
How India is exercising soft power through Heritage of Yoga
Recently, we must have witnessed the hype in Press about the International Yoga Day celebrations led by India all over the world. ...
The versed lady of Azerbaijan
We are all familiar with the saying, behind every successful man there is a woman. When it comes to Mehriban Arif qizi Aliyeva, first...
Happy 70th birthday, UN Charter!
On October 24th, 2015 the United Nations and its charter will be 70 years old. However, it was before October, more specifically on June...
Hypocrisy is not a four letter word
A South African court banned the President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir from leaving the country after he had come to attend the African Union...
Tackling inequality is key to the post-MDGs development agenda
Fairness and equal opportunity are vital to rich and developing countries alike, warns Jan Vandemoortele, who was among the architects of the UN’s Millennium...
Impotent leadership at the United Nations
The United Nations, an organization of governments created in 1945 following World War II, was meant to foster international cooperation between members and prevent...
Forces that Create Refugees and Migrants
Current refugee-migrant flows (from Burma and Bangladesh toward Thailand and Malaysia and across the Mediterranean from Africa and the Middle East toward Europe) have...
Azerbaijan: What awaits beyond sticks and carrots
The country`s power in international relations rests upon various things and the principal distinction into hard and soft power displays particular means to influence...