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The Russian Federation’s geopolitics
In a now famous speech delivered at the Conference on Security, held in Munich in 2007, Vladimir Putin harshly clarified the structural determinants of...
Hard and Soft Power in the Caspian: Russian and Iranian Objectives
Two of the five states that border the Caspian Sea can be considered hegemonic in the region: Russia and Iran. Although this is beneficial...
How ISIS has legitimized the Taliban
Reports have surfaced indicating that long time regional adversaries Russia and the Taliban are exchanging intelligence on the presence of ISIS in Afghanistan ....
Why the War in Afghanistan is Over
Almost fifteen years has passed since the initiation of the Afghan war and yet the Taliban pose a larger threat today than at the...
Russia-Turkey Relations moving towards Tension or Truce?
The Cold War styled insulation erupted once again after Turkey allegedly shot down a Russian jet violating its airspace and brusquely after the incident,...
The two Libyan governments reunited
What the Enlightenment political philosopher Montesquieu wrote: "There are three types of government ...." does not apply to the Maghreb region where there are...
What happens currently in Libya
In Libya, Isis/Daesh has taken control of Sabratha, a UNESCO World Heritage Site 70 kilometers west of Tripoli. It is true that, as claimed...
10 Questions for the Future of Russia-Turkey Relations
Most of the world raised a curious eyebrow when news broke of a Russian military jet being knocked from the sky by Turkey, resulting...
False Promise: How the Turkish-Russian Dilemma Unmasks NATO
There is no shortage of security threats to the NATO alliance: a resurgent and militarily active Russia; the territorial and global jihadist threat of...
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....