by Betty Wehtje | Sep 14, 2022 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Background On August 2, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a controversial visit to Taiwan while on a tour in Asia to show support for US Allies. At the beginning of her trip in Singapore on July 31, there was no mention of a visit to Taiwan. However, speculations...
by Ilyas Gülenç | Sep 12, 2022 | Commentary, Political & Hybrid Warfare
Introduction Global Risks Report-2022 of the World Economic Forum has ranked “Climate action failure” as the most severe security risk at the global scale for the decade coming. It is followed by “Extreme weather” and “biodiversity loss,” both closely related to the...
by Mats Radeck | Aug 31, 2022 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Political & Hybrid Warfare
Introduction Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has moved the topic of defence to the epicentre of the political debate in the transatlantic zone. Responding to the new circumstances, the German government recently announced a massive scale-up of the country’s defence...
by Florentina Drobota | Jul 4, 2022 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
While the discussions and musings on “strategic autonomy” after Brexit flooded corridors of EU, the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia brought back memories of Cold War. The war unleashed all sorts of strategic thinking at EU, NATO and European capitals. Naturally,...
by Ibrahim Jouhari | Jun 23, 2022 | Commentary
Following the elections of Speaker Berri, the time is now for the choosing of a new Prime Minister followed by government formation. Although Lebanon’s political system might seem complicated and archaic, there is a clear order for the next few steps that will lead to...
by Fatih Yilmaz | Jun 22, 2022 | Commentary, Diversity & Inclusion
European and OECD countries remain among the main destination points for refugees from all around the world. Since the 2015 Syrian refugee crisis, Europe has been experiencing another mass flow of refugees from Ukraine; the total number recorded is currently 5 million...
