Wishful Thinking: The Conservative Hold on Power in Post-JCPOA Iran

Within the Iranian domestic political scene the use of the nuclear program to affect elections has been in place for the past decade or...

The shooting down of the Russian plane

A Russian aircraft, a Sukhoi-24, which NATO calls Fencer, the low-flying tactical bomber - an aircraft considered better than our Tornado - was shot...

Beijing -Taipei Rapprochement or Rhetoric

Having series of conflicts, crisis and tensions in Taiwan Strait, it seems land bodies around the blue water are willing to forge a peace...

Russia: Attempting a Bridge to Africa

While Russia's interest in the sub-Saharan Africa is nothing new, Russian authorities have realized that it’s time to move back primarily to reclaim its...

Rethinking War on Terror

There is a claim constantly circulating the EU: ‘multiculturalism is dead in Europe’. Dead or maybe d(r)ead?... That much comes from a cluster of...

A brief focus on Portugal

A few days after the new minority government of Coelho has shaped, Portugal appears to be towards a parliamentary critical situation. Even before the...

“Kazakhstan is intended to become a world hub for development of green power”

Last August, Mr. Akhmetzhan Yessimov, a man with a great economic and diplomatic experience and former Akim (Mayor) of Almaty, appointed Chairman of Astana...

Trust, but Verify: Countering the Critics of the JCPOA

The real question on everyone’s mind with regard to the JCPOA is whether or not Iran will honor its commitments. There are two differing...

An Entanglement of Enemies: What Russia’s Presence in Syria Truly Reveals

Authors: Dr.Matthew Crosston, Nenad Drca Over the years America has made little progress in Iraq and Syria, something Russia is determined to change apparently....

The Ivory Tower and the JCPOA: Experts Sound Off with Guarded Optimism

Just as the early scientists in the 1930s and 40s spoke about the threat that nuclear weapons posed, today’s scholars and experts have spoken...

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