Global Order
US-Russia Redux: The Problem with Intellectual Insincerity
There are numerous intellectual sources, from think tanks to governmental agencies, both in the United States and Russia, which are deeply concerned about the...
The Legal Status of the Caspian Sea
The Legal Status of the Caspian Sea- Current Challenges and Prospects for Future Development, Barbara Janusz- Pawletta (Springer- 2015- 176 pages) “Is it possible...
What does it mean to be an emerging power?
This might be a tricky question to ask nowadays, but there are theories that help us understand better the role of emerging powers in...
The BRICS and the Future of Global Order
Stuenkel, Oliver.The BRICS and the Future of Global Order. 1st ed. Lexington Books, 2015. 213pp. In a world in which there is an ever-growing...
NATO and the Russians: Can NATO be Diplomatically Relevant?
One of the biggest obstacles in understanding Russian foreign policy of late for NATO is that it still seems a bit too tied to...
World powers must abandon double standard policies
Ms. Najiba Mustafayeva, PhD candidate in International Law, Expert at the Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan,...
The OIC Does Defend, Not Suppress, Freedom of Expression
On 12 January 2015, Robert C. Blitt wrote on the USA Today, “Powerful, mainstream Muslim groups must recognize they’re breeding religious intolerance”. He argued...
Perpetuating Chaos and Lawlessness in Middle East: Saudi’s Invasion of Yemen
Wednesday evening Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States announced that Saudi Arabia had commenced military operations against the Ansarullah fighters of...
War, Peace, and the Geopolitics of a Multipolar World
The international order is akin to the science fiction character Dr. Who—it periodically is destroyed, only to reemerge in an altered form. Certain core...
The BRICS bank: Future of Finances
Few disputed the unfair weightings in the IMF and World Bank of the BRICS companies. But Rajat Nag, a former Managing Director of the...