by BEYOND THE HORIZON | Mar 28, 2019 | Commentary, Event, 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, Event, 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 Transatlantic Task Force | Mar 1, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Defence Ministers of NATO members discussed pressing security challenges in Brussels between 13-15 February 2019, prior to annual Munich Security Conference. Defence Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Radmila Sekerinska, attended NATO defence ministerial...
by Alexy Zender* | Feb 8, 2019 | Commentary, Energy Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The embargo imposed on Russia by the EU and the US after the annexation of Crimea and the Russian aim of eliminating the key position of Ukraine on the energy route have led Russia to re-evaluate its natural gas pipeline projects. At the end of 2014, during a state...
by Robert M. Cutler* | Feb 6, 2019 | Commentary, Energy Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
I would first of all like to thank the organizers for inviting me to participate here. The title of this session is “Political and Geopolitical Issues in the Short and Medium Term”. I should clarify that I understand the short term to refer to one to four years, and...
by Bahri Kosar* | Feb 4, 2019 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
The debates related to ‘real European Army’, which was re-launched by French President Emmanuel Macron were further heated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s speech at the European Parliament on November 13, 2018. Such statements from the leaders of the two leading...