More: Geopolitics
President Xi Aims and Ambitions
Since coming to power in 2012, Chinese
President Xi Jinping has directed a more active foreign policy and advocated
for China to play a larger role...
China 70 years from now
In my opinion, after
the 19thCPC National Congress, two changes characterize the new form
of Communist China: the amendment to the Party’s Constitution, with the phrase
"Xi...
The State of National Security Education and Beyond: The CFR Educators Workshop 2019
The Council
of Foreign Relations (CFR) has provided leadership, guidance, and a forum for
discussion regarding all matters relating to international relations and
foreign diplomacy. Their flagship
journal,...
War in Libya: A rare instance of US-Russian cooperation
There is little that Russia and the United States
agree on these days. Renegade Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar may
be a rare exception.
As Mr....
Russia in Venezuela
Russia´s interests and presence in Latin America is not new. We should
remember Russian activities in Cuba during the Cold War, which almost generated
a nuclear...
Eurasia’s Great Game and the Future of the China-Russia Alliance
Addressing last year’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, then US defense
secretary Jim Mattis dismissed fears first voiced in 1997 by Zbigniew
Brzezinski, one of America’s greatest...
Japan’s quiet geo-economic rise
In the
turbulent world politics involving extensive international coverage, stable and
humdrum Japan does not have much of a presence. Yet, Japan is the world’s
largest creditor...
The Sino-US Trade War: Why China can’t win it
Does our
history only appear overheated, but is essentially calmly predetermined? Is it
directional or conceivable, dialectic and eclectic or cyclical, and therefore
cynical? Surely, our history...
Civilizationism vs the Nation State
Many have framed the battle lines in the geopolitics
of the emerging new world order as the 21st century’s Great Game. It’s a game
that aims...
Russia and the Indian Ocean Security and Governance
Russia is located far from the Indian Ocean, but
the region has always played an important role in the country's strategy.
During the Soviet times, Moscow...