More: Geopolitics
Israel and the war in Syria
There is fundamental point which needs to be studied carefully: the war in Syria - after the entry of the Russian Federation into the...
Anxiety in Ankara: Assassination, Geopolitics, and Democracy in Turkey
On December 19, 2016, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty police officer, in Ankara during...
The “ceasefire” in Syria
The previous two Syrian "ceasefires" of February and September last were substantial failures. Mediated by too diverging interests, they were bogged down in a...
Why is Europe able to manage its decline, while Asia is (still) unable to capitalize (on) its successes
How to draw the line between the recent and still unsettled EU/EURO crisis and Asia’s success story? Well, it might be easier than it...
Conference Geopolitics and History
Geopolitics is a strange science or, more precisely, a specific "thinking style". While History reconstructs facts and interpret them ex post, according to the...
Pipelines or Pipe Dreams? Turkey’s Role in Future European Energy Policy
T urkey demonstrates obvious and unique geostrategic significance for the Euro-Atlantic community and as an influential player at the center of Western...
The logic and strategy of Trump’s Presidency
W hich are the psycho-political mechanisms and the actual policies that have led Donald Trump to power? It is not something simple...
THAAD MAD BAD, Pt. IV: Great Power Geostrategic Play in the South China Sea
T here is a fascinating interplay that goes on today on the global level when it comes to foreign affairs. On the...
Trump’s election and its impact on Europe
Authors: Daniele Scalea, Alessandro Cipri (*) I t is particularly difficult to foretell what the foreign policy of a US president-elect will...
The Role of Europe in the Balkan region’s geopolitical crossing
G eopolitics, the study of how spatial dimension impacts on and affects states' politics, may offer an important contribution to analysing strategies...