American views on Europe’s geopolitical clout
What have American politicians had to say about Europe, its role, significance or insignificance and its relationship with America? Naturally, the USA has had...
Europe – Syriza-ize or Syria-nize
A freshly released IMF’s World Economic Outlook brings (yet again, for the sixth year in a row, and for the third time this year...
Burundi: Storm Warning
The United Nations Human Rights Council ended its session on Friday, 3 July, and called attention to two new country situations which require strong...
UN Reaffirms the Safeguards for Civilians in Times of War
“Accountability for breaches of international humanitarian law and for human rights violations, as well as respect for human rights, are not obstacles to peace,...
Iran’s Competing Futures: Global Economic Participant or Regional Religious Hegemon?
As the official deadline for the nuclear deal approaches, many are expressing their apprehension over the consequences that may emerge should a deal be...
Hypocrisy, Crisis, Catharsis…
A stronger EU-Russia partnership now looks like a pipe-dream, reflects former foreign minister Igor Ivanov. On the plus-side he sees less hypocrisy on both...
Walking a Delicate Geostrategic Line: Azerbaijan’s Role to the U.S. and Russia
Although the Cold War is long over there has still been a large degree of geopolitical competition between the West and Russia. This geopolitical...
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,...
Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East
The Middle East is the only region where all three kinds of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) have been used and developed. Accusations, allegations,...
Sons of Orthodoxy: EU Austerity and a Russian-Greek Orthodox Alliance
The bitter fight that has been raging between the European Union and Greece has now extended for five long months. With the referendum on...