Breaking Bad Behavior: Can There be Deterrence After the JCPOA?
On July 14, 2015, much of the world gave a sigh of relief as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) regarding the Islamic...
Where is the Saudi-Iran Relationship Heading?
In trying to determine what the next stage for the Iran – Saudi relationship might be, one must first look at similar relations between...
Malaysia in political stalemate
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib is facing accusations of fraud with the 1MDB fiasco, and the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaaribuu, while the economy...
Blowback Diplomacy: How the US was Locked Out of the Caspian
It has been almost one year since the IV Caspian Summit in Astrakhan, Russia, where the presidents of the five Caspian states signed a...
The Cascade Effect: Local Power from Old Soviets to New Russians (1985-2015)
Authors: Matthew Crosston, PhD & Dmitrii Seltser We have undertaken an inter-regional comparison of seven subjects of the Russian Federation: the Ryazan, Samara, Tambov,...
Russian Interference in Syria and Turkey FP in Middle East
Russia after October 1, aiming to support the Assad regime, is carrying out military operations on ISIS and the other opposition forces. Such a...
An Inevitable Response to the Israeli Occupation and Apartheid System
Israel has killed yet another Palestinian teenager! It happened at the Damascus Gate at the entrance of the Old City in occupied East Al-Quds...
The Islamization of Thailand
The perceived relative homogeneity of Thai culture and society is being challenged on multiple fronts today. So much has been said about the socio-economic...
EU-China Cooperation – Assessment of Key Policy Areas
This paper has a general and also a sectoral angle to analyse EU-China relations. Apart from putting this relationship into a general historical and...
Democratic debate: Pragmatism against idealism
The first Democratic debate was held the evening of October 13. The obvious winners, namely the candidates that prevailed and gained the impressions were...