DPRK – two years: the flight has probably been quite normal, but what does the future hold for us?
In the context of the situation around Jang Song-taek, the second anniversary of Kim Jong-il's death has gone relatively quietly. Nevertheless...
Bahrain: the Tensions Remain
Almost three years after the mass unrest in Bahrain, the situation in the kingdom has become strained once again. The ruling royal family has itself initiated this tension, by deciding to celebrate, as a national holiday, the 13th anniversary...
Meet John McCain a Notorious Gun Runner
What name can we give to this spring’s uprising in Ukraine? We can always expect a diversion when the US is in a hole domestically, and Ukraine and the compliant media have provided that. That has been pretty much the story of US foreign policy under...
Saudi Arabia: a change in foreign policy?
Saudi Arabia resembles an awakened volcano that has slumbered for many decades, and now is beginning to “disgorge” one initiative after another, gradually changing its foreign policy. As noted by the politician and representative of neorealism theory...
Climate Change and the "Arab Spring"
The “Arab Spring” forced us to once again re-interpret all the problems facing the Middle East, including ecological issues which, at first glance, are not directly connected to the revolutionary events happening in the region...
Ukraine: A Dangerous Divide
Mission Accomplished, but this time the battle is only just beginning. The removal of the Yanukovych government in Ukraine and the running street battles in Kiev have provided a convenient distraction to the debacle in Syria and America’s continuing inability to get its actions...
US exit strategy in Afghanistan shadows 1989 Soviet withdrawal
On the twenty fifth anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban have likened the success of the holy war fought against the Soviets to the “jihad” now forcing the United States and its allies out of Afghanistan...
Saudi Arabia – USA – Kyrgyzstan and Wahhabism
International terrorism and extremism are exported particularly actively in this era of globalization. Almost all countries, where there is a significant proportion of Muslim population, have to deal with Islamic radicalism today. We can clearly see...
The Myth of ‘Peace and Development’ in Afghanistan
A central element of the US’ Counter-Insurgency Strategy (COIN against Taliban in Afghanistan was economic development and rehabilitation of the war-torn social fabric of Afghanistan, which was supposed to leave minimum room for Taliban to expand...
Bioterrorism - a Threat to the US Security
In remarks at a hearing held this past week by the US House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications, Dr. Robert Kadlec warned of the imminent nature of a biological weapons attack...
DPRK: About dogs, people and hamsters
Russia, Europe, and the Geopolitics of Energy
From Syria to Sochi, Poland to Pussy Riot, diplomatic and geopolitical conflicts between Russia and the West have come to dominate the headlines. However, behind these issues lies the fundamental economic competition that must...