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Calling Out ‘Bluff Diplomacy’: Russo-Persian Maneuvers to Outwit Obama
According to the Obama administration, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a deal struck with the Islamic Republic of Iran over its nuclear...
Competing Cold Wars: Trying to Predict Iranian Strategies
The end of the Cold War brought about drastic changes in global relations between states as well as a dramatic change in international politics....
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...
Growing militarization in Arctic amid increasing disputes
With the rapid melting of ice in the Arctic region, the long-isolated region is becoming a more accessible zone for commercial fishing, fresh water,...
Additional considerations on the Iranian nuclear issue
We all know that the Russian Federation has been one of the true resolver of the Iranian nuclear issue, also within the negotiations that...
New Momentum for Russia – Nigeria Relations
Nigeria is considered the economic powerhouse in the West Africa region. As it is popular known, Nigeria is one of Africa's fastest growing economies...
The Benefit of Retrospect – Winning the War and Losing the Peace
It's often said that most generations repeat the errors of previous generations and fail to capitalize on the benefit of retrospect. With the ability...
The new North Korean satellite
On February 7, 2016 (Juche 105), the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un orbited an earth observation satellite called Kwangmyonsong-4. This launch is part...
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...
India-Russia nuclear deal & the dynamics of World Politics
The great powers particularly the de-jure status holders under the NPT framework that only confers the nuclear status to those states who acquired the...