by BEYOND THE HORIZON | Mar 31, 2019 | Commentary, Events & Activities, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
We can probably take as a point of departure that the world is disordered. And, the question is that is the disorder in the 1930s capable of addressing the disorders of the present day? The answer is probably no. If we go back to the 1930s, it is very easy to say that...
by BEYOND THE HORIZON | Mar 28, 2019 | Commentary, Events & Activities, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The Western liberal order is in relative decline because of the economic crisis of 2008, the war against terrorism, the appearance of new threats (cyber, food security, climate, demography, proxy wars…) and new emerging states. There is clearly a leadership...
by Transatlantic Task Force | Mar 26, 2019 | Commentary, Events & Activities, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
A couple of decades ago, one of the favourite phrases of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was “it’s a funny world”. It is true that we live in a very funny world today. Couple of years ago, British academic, Tim Gartner Ashton said “If we could whip in a...
by Alexy Zender* | Mar 26, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
The developments following the suicide bombing of the Indian-controlled Kashmir on February 14, which resulted in the deaths of at least 40 Indian soldiers, caused the attention of the world’s public to focus on the region again. New Delhi blamed the Pakistani...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Mar 16, 2019 | Commentary, Defence & Security
Turkey is a key regional player at the gateway between Europe and the Middle East, bordering Iraq and Syria. Particularly during the Syrian conflict, Turkey experienced rockets and shells landing on its side of the border injuring and killing civilians. Moreover, in...
by Anne Speckhard | Mar 6, 2019 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism
By Anne Speckhard*, Ardian Shajkovci** Unmanned and remote-controlled aircrafts, i.e. drones, continue to change the character of contemporary warfare.[i] It was satellites and drones, alongside a good deal of human intelligence, that located Osama bin Laden...
