Is the G20 the Real Security Council?
Is the G20 the real Security Council? Over the past two days the heads of state and government of the G20 (Group of Twenty) top world economies met in Hangzhou...
Decline and Fall 2016?
“In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not...
Unlearned lessons of history
Rewriting history Today the process of rewriting history is gaining momentum. Washington succeeded so well in the substitution of factual evidence and perception thereof by people, that the whole world...
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: A challenge for the EU’s role in the South Caucasus
The recent unprecedented escalation of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan along the Line of Contact (LoC) around the Karabakh region brought back the questions of what kind of challenges the...
Visit to Hiroshima Reminds Us That a Nuclear Winter is Never Too Far Away
The visit by President Obama to Hiroshima a little over a week ago made me think about the legacy we still live with because of the invention of nuclear weapons....
Europe’s Leaders are Europe’s Greatest Weakness
Europe’s leaders are Europe’s greatest weakness. Stockholm is a beautiful city, both solid and enticing in equal measure as it cavorts between land, sea, and sky. And yet behind the...
Integrating China’s New Silk Road and the Eurasian Economic Union
In a recent article Russia's reputed periodical Expert Online suggests China is pushing Russia to link its Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) project with China's plans for the New Silk Road...
Russia: A Global Energy Powerhouse that’s much more than a Petro-state
Russia is not what you think. Most discussion about its energy influence has focused on oil and gas, particularly gas. Russia can be described, and is routinely described, as a...
Repairing the Policy-Making Processes of the United States: The First Step in Improving Its Defense
Former US Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Robert Gates explained on the January 21, 2016 Business Insider website that our military’s biggest weakness is sequestration, compounded by unpredictability in the...
Paris Bombing (13 November 2015) and Western “Terrorism” Policy
The bombing that took place in Paris with many casualties was a human tragedy and a political disaster for Western anti-terrorism policy. A day before ISIS suicide bombers in Paris,...
What the T-14 can tell NATO about a resurgent Russia
What the T-14 can tell NATO about a resurgent Russia The piece of advice Bismark accorded to the new German general staff after unification in 1871, “Russia is never as...
Interview with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Iseri on Energy Security
Considering Turkey's 2023 vision and energy policy objectives, what are the potential challenges that Turkey faces? Do you think that Turkey is pursuing a sustainable energy policy? As a country...
Russian Foreign Policy under Dmitry Medvedev’s Presidency (2008-2012)
Summary Putin’s Russia (2000-2008) not only established internal stability, following the difficult and painful transition of the 1990’s onwards, but recovered economically, bolstered by a rapid increase in revenues from...
Russia’s Shadow in the Middle East: Riyadh – Moscow Nuclear Agreement
During his official visit to Russian Federation, deputy of crown prince and minister of defense of Saudi Arabia - prince Muhammad Bin Salman, held a long negotiation with Russian president...
Ukraine Analysis: A Deal Which Is “Neither Breakthrough Nor Disaster”
After all night talks in the Belarusian capital Minsk, the outcomes of the four party talks in the so-called Normandy format (Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany) have neither brought a major breakthrough or a...