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A Decade in Power: Reviewing Kim Jong-un’s Economic Policies
An average person primarily knows North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un for two things: the nuclear bombs and his ruthless rule. As he finishes...
Indo-Russia S-400 Deal and Its Implications for Pakistan
India wants to become a dominant power in the region on the basis of its military and economic strength. While Pakistan did not want...
U.S. Hunts Central Asian Salafi-Jihadi Groups
The US Department of the Treasury and the State Department successfully and effectively conduct counter-terrorism operations against ISIS and al-Qaeda-affiliated Central Asian Salafi-Jihadi groups,...
A New Rashomon: How Tokyo’s Policy Will Shape Security in the Asia-Pacific
Amid the incoming waves of restrictive measures imposed against Russia, Japan’s political establishment has come forward with a number of statements that may well...
Nuclear Deterrence, Intimidation, and Propaganda: Which is Which?
The West has jointly mobilized to impose all-rounded sanctions on Russia, in the way that far exceeded Russian President Vladimir Putin's expectation in the...
What a ‘Neutralization’ of Ukraine Actually Means
Debates about “Ukrainian neutrality” to end the war with Russia are picking up steam in the US. After many calls from international academics, last...
The environmental and climate crisis of armed conflict
Fighting climate change requires a basic condition: peace. Before the Russian invasion, Ukraine’s decarbonization efforts had progressed in the context of COP 26 as...
In the Eye of the Storm: Mali’s Search for New Partners in 2022
On Wednesday, 17 February 2022, President Emmanuel Macron of France announced the end of Operation Barkhane, declaring that all French contingents of Operation Barkhane...
The Security Community dilemma of the European Union in Eastern Europe
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brings forward questions about European Union’ potential of becoming a security guarantor for the Eastern Partnership (EaP) and specifically for...
Managing “Friction” In Ukraine: Russia, The United States And Inadvertent Nuclear War
“Friction is the difference between war on paper and war as it actually is.”-Karl von Clausewitz, On War
The “Friction” of Nuclear Crisis
Amid multiplying perils...