Conflict in the Mediterranean: What explains Turkey’s aggressive stance?
The Eastern European nations of Turkey, Greece and Cyprus have been embroiled in a battle of invectives over the exploration of gas deposits in...
Hezbollah continues to put Lebanon’s democracy at risk
Lebanon continues to reel from its biggest national crisis since its inception. Years of economic mismanagement came to a head in late 2019. The...
Beijing’s strategy: Conquering the Heartland
Long time ago, Mackinder gave his heartland theory while keeping the geography of the world in his mind. Soon as the international politics changed...
Nigeria: Ethnicity, Development and Biafra’s Quest for Self-Determination
Undoubtedly, Nigeria has entered a period of political uncertainty. With the next presidential election fast approaching, some politicians and experts are strongly advocating for,...
The Turkey-Cyprus-Israel area and Greece
With a view to understanding how Erdogan's Turkey thinks strategically, we need to analyse the recent evolution of Turkey's political system, together with its...
India’s bid to wriggle out of plebiscite commitment
During a virtual informal meeting of the plenary on the annual report of the Security Council, the Indian representative stunned the world community by...
Canada and Russia in the Arctic: Competition or Cooperation?
Canadian-Russian relations in the twentieth century have been complicated at best and conflictual at worst. Though crisis has been avoided between the two Arctic...
Does the Iran-China Deal Pose a Threat to the U.S?
The huge deal between Iran and China has struck much speculation regarding the deal’s future consequences within the Middle East region. The possibility of...
Opportunism and July’s Armenian-Azerbaijani Flareup
By mid-July, within days of the latest flareup in fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a flurry of articles written by Azerbaijani think tank members...
Decline in US Hegemony: Will this Result in Hegemonic War or not?
One of the contemporary issues in international relations is that the current hegemon, the United States, has undergone a relative decline. It is argued...