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The Great Game in the Mediterranean
As we have repeatedly stressed, the discovery of large gas fields off the coast of Israel, Cyprus, Egypt and Lebanon, has meant that the...
The Silk Road passes also by the sea
On December 30, 2020, China and the European Union signed an agreement on mutual investment.
After seven years of negotiations, during a conference call between...
The projection of Turkish power in the Eastern Mediterranean
The recent military conflict between Greece and Turkey over potential gas fields located in disputed waters is linked to a complex historical and political...
The role of economic warfare in understanding contemporary geopolitics
Despite Fukuyama's theses, the traditional war is not over: especially in Europe, from the former Yugoslavia to Ukraine. As for economic relations between states,...
The importance of maritime areas in the Pacific Ocean
Ocean governance has increased and developed with the continuous progress of globalization since the late 1940s and early 1950s, and it has gradually shaped...
The energy power map: The role of straits, seas and oceans for global energy security
It is difficult to deny how from a geographical point of view world trade develops through the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Guinea, the...
Maritime power and the new sea routes
The maritime environment is both a means of transport and a resource. The first aspect is obviously expressed through what is transported by ship:...
The Economic War for Resource
In the liberal logic, states, focusing on “hub” or “network” strategies, would have every interest in managing their natural resources based on the laws...
Turkey gambles in bid to rival China as a key supply chain node
A projected sharp reduction in trade between the United States and China in the next two years coupled with moves to diversify supply chains...
Russia, Germany (…Europe): the “Big Game” of International Relations opens again
In 1992 the Japanese American historian and political scientist, Francis Fukuyama, gained his undeserved 15 minutes of fame by publishing a pamphlet with an...