More: Energy
With Ambitious Goals, Russia Joins Foreign Players in Africa
After the collapse of the Soviet empire, Russia has steadily shown interest in many spheres, ranging from political consultations through business and economic cooperation...
The less explored foreign policy options & the connection between TAPI-CPEC and Afghanistan
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the formation of the Central Asia Republics (CARs), the countries with their huge economic potential have...
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...
Natural Gas and the ‘Lesser’ Caspians: How New Players Might be Good for Everyone
Energy: what was once a largely single-resource/two-state controlled industry has given way to other resources of significance. In turn, this has also given rise...
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....
Russia between economic crisis and geostrategic projections
As Lev Tolstoj maintained "There is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time". These are two of the most characteristic traits of the...
The strategic area in Syria
The main pressures of the various jihadist groups in Syria are now targeted to the North of the Aleppo province. If Aleppo collapses, also...
Hydrocarbons and the Turkey – Cyprus relations
By Floros Flouros(*) and Dr. Athanasios Dagoumas In this study, the importance of HydroCarbon (HxCY) exploration in Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and most particularly...
Iran’s finance
Iran’s leadership is not satisfied with the pace and the way in which international sanctions are about to be lifted definitively. On the one...
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...