More: Geopolitics
The Gulf crisis: Small states battle it out
Buried in the Gulf crisis is a major development likely to reshape international relations as well as power dynamics in the Middle East: the...
South China Sea: The Silent Hotspot
While the media is currently consumed with North Korea, the Russian/Trump fiasco, and ISIS, a new silent issue is arising in the Far East....
The Russian military doctrine
The medal coined by the Hungarian State - after the powers of the Warsaw Pact had to return to their bases and to Russia,...
The “Third Neighbor Policy” of Mongolia: Romantic or Realistic?
On July 10, the president-elect Kh. Battulga was inaugurated at the State House in Ulan Bator, where he vowed to resume the “third neighbor...
Xi Jinping in Moscow for the entente between China and Russia
Although China and Russia never use the term of ally to describe their current relationship, the entente has been the fait accompli between the...
The Russian Orthodox Church, the situation in Syria and the crisis in the Greater Middle East
In a speech delivered on May 6 last, Patriarch Kirill - the Head of the Russian Orthodox Church - defined the Russian war in...
Why is Hong Kong so important to China—power, profits or prestige?
S ince the handover of Hong Kong from British rule back to China in 1997, the central government in Beijing has granted the...
The new geopolitics of the Uyghur movement
R ecently the Uyghur organizations abroad are increasing pressures to convey the image of China as a "State of torture". We do no...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Powerful Vision in an Increasingly Fragmented World
C hina’s One Belt, One Road initiative offers a powerful vision for connectivity and growth across multifarious borders and dimensions – one that...
Cooperation or Connectivity: How will the SCO function from now?
Authors: Wang Li & Palamdorj Bayartsetseg W ith the inclusion of India and Pakistan into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at the summit...