More: Geopolitics
The importance of the first Russia-Africa Summit
After several years of high-level consultations, Russian President Vladimir Putin has finally hinted that Russia would organize its first Russia-Africa Summit of African leaders...
Trade Negotiations: Geo-economics and Geopolitics
Trade negotiations have been increasingly used as a political tool. This is the first thing that comes to mind when one is trying to...
United States, China and the “Indo-Pacific” narrative
China has not been particularly comfortable with the Trump Administration’s repeated use of the term ‘Indo-Pacific’ instead of ‘Asia-Pacific’ (off late, it has been...
Is Nuclear Arms Control Still Alive?
For almost eight years we have been witnessing a decline (or even absence) of Russian and U.S. efforts in the sphere of nuclear arms...
Recognizing the North American Heartland: A More Suitable Fit for Mackinder’s Thesis
Four parts complete this essay: first, a brief outline of methodology that will enlist two international-relations models, geopolitics and realism, both separate approaches but...
Trade wars, currency wars and geopolitical clashes
The Chinese yuan has already plummeted to the historic lows of the last seven months as against the dollar and nothing prevents us from...
North Korea, the United States and the Singapore Summit Agreement
There are many essential points of the US-North Korean talks which have been treated, albeit briefly, in the Singapore Summit between Kim Jong-Un and...
The Russian Federation in Africa
In its relations with Africa, Russia - which operates on global markets especially in the field of oil and non-oil raw materials - does...
How much solidarity with Iran can the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization afford?
A planned China and Russia-led show of support for Iran at next month’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit is likely to be primarily symbolic...
The Bigger Picture: Convergence of Geopolitics and Oil
The rising tensions in Middle-East and the rising oil prices only show how strong the link between oil prices and geopolitics is. There are...