More: Geopolitics
The Thucydides’ Trap: the Avoidable Destiny Between the US and China
The controversial “Thucydides trap” argument has
sparked a heated debate since 2013, when President Xi Jinping of China told a cluster of western guests: “We...
Geopolitical Attitude to Recent Iran-USA Relations
The United
States-Islamic Republic of Iran relationship enters a new chapter by killing Qassem
Soleimani with the United States, and according to the prominent role-playing of
two...
Post-Soleimani, Russia’s Role Will Grow in Iran’s Geopolitical Thinking
As the emotional tide following the January killing of Quds Force
commander Qassem Soleimani ebbs, we have a clearer perspective on what the
event meant and...
Strategic Partnership, Arctic-Style: How Russia and China Play the Game
Russian-Chinese technical-military cooperation in the 1990s started
when the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) initiated large-scale
rearmament based on Russian technologies. About 80% of Russian armaments...
Eastern Mediterranean: A microcosm of regional and global battles
The Eastern Mediterranean has become a flash-point for the meshing of
geopolitics, the struggle for regional hegemony, battles for control of
resources, religious soft power rivalry,...
Putin’s energy: Which oil and gas projects might push geopolitical confrontation in Eurasia?
The
West does not like the energy policy of Russia. And Putin, as its ideologist. “Aggressive,” “annexing,”
“Russian-style” – labels like these are in spades. But...
The Other Frontline: South Asia in the emerging great power competition
The collapse of the Soviet Union sealed the
fate of the realist-bipolar world order and the United States of America (USA) –
the leader of the...
Kartarpur Corridor: Sikh Soft Power
Ever
since the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor, three months ago, in November
2019, it has drawn the attention of media and strategic analysts in South...
Political advantage through aid or trade: India’s knee jerk on Malaysia and Turkey
In today’s market economy, no country can
live in economic isolation (sakoku). The USA (or its proxy India)
has a flexible format to dub or delete...
India: USA’s South Asian bulwark against rising China
India is
emerging as US proxy against rising China determined to surpass USA in Gross
Domestic Product by year 2027. India is opposed to China’s Belt...