More: Geopolitics
Turkish Geopolitics and the Kabul Airport Saga
The Taliban’s ultimate agreement to a prominent Turkish security presence at Afghanistan’s only airport completes an important power-play for the latter. Ankara wishes to...
The failure of the great games in Afghanistan from the 19th century to the present day
Whenever great powers have tried to make Afghanistan a colony, they have always been defeated. British imperialism and its “civilising mission” towards backward (and...
Nord Stream 2: A Geopolitical Tension between Russia and Ukraine and the European Dependence
Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a 1,230-kilometer direct linkage between the Russian natural gas producers and the consumer market of Europe. The model...
US Foreign Policy Debate Rages, But Fails to Move the Needle
A series of reports published by Washington-based think tanks populated by former government officials as well as prominent United States scholars has revived debate...
Post-Afghanistan intelligence and geopolitics
The troop withdrawal has left Afghanistan in chaos, and the various intelligence agencies (including the Israeli and British ones) assess that geopolitical games are...
The Geopolitical Dynamics of the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Nord Stream 2 is a $12 billion pipeline bringing the Arctic Russian gas under the Baltic Sea to Germany. Doesn’t seem that hot-button right....
Five Hypotheses About the Future World
The Post-Global World is still in embryo, but it is already clear what some of its basic characteristics will be, and it is details...
Looking Back at the Trump Presidency: An Informed Retrospective
"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet, seen too often, familiar with her...
The hegemony of knowledge and the new world order: U.S. and the rest of the world
In today's world, knowledge and technological advantages determine - to a large extent - differences in the management of international policy. The increase in...
Belt & Road ABCs: Analysis of “One Belt – One Road” initiative
Understanding the foreign policy and geo-economic strategies of countries, especially in such a difficult time when national borders are closed and the “militarization” of...