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The Geographical Lynchpin: Great Power Jockeying in the Caspian

Zbigniew Brzezinkski defined “Eurasia” as one of the most important geopolitical concepts. He observed, “Ever since the continents started interacting politically, some five hundred...

A Geopolitcal Reflection on India’s Strategic and Tactical Maritime Weaknesses

India’s global return to prominence, alongside China, has been an interesting and a fascinating story. Earlier dismissed and often disregarded, the rise and return...

Pakistan’s improving relations with Iran amid Pakistan’s urge for national & energy security

Besides its suffocation from the ongoing internal insurgencies in Waziristan, Baluchistan and other areas, Pakistan is also suffocating in terms of its foreign relations....

Could ASEAN Become a Pacific NATO?

The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a union of nations that was born out of a desire for economic modernization and...

World military spending resumes upward course

World military expenditure totaled almost $1.7 trillion in 2015, an increase of 1 per cent in real terms from 2014, according to new figures...

The Summit on nuclear weapons and the North Korean issue

Currently the strategic and global nuclear balance develops on the basis of three factors which are closely interwoven. The first one is related to...

De–dollarization of the BRICS

What might be behind the well-orchestrated attack on leaders of the BRICS countries? Gold is one of the most fascinating of...

Russia and the US: An Alliance in the Making

Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin has regained standing for his nation in the last decade. The combination of high energy prices and...

The Maturation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: An Emerging IO of Significance

Dr. Matthew Crosston & Anonymous (*) The United States has long been the dominant economic-security structure in the world. It steps in to negotiate...

New Grounds for War: How the Power of Siberia Pipeline Impacts the Arctic

The Power of Siberia pipeline, a joint Russian and Chinese venture in which Russia has agreed to provide $400 billion of natural gas (LNG)...

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