by Alexy Zender* | Dec 22, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
When Turkey, while it was a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2010, voted “NO” to the resolution to impose sanctions on Iran, western media brought the discussion about Turkey changing its axis, once again. Such talks were outtalked...
by Professor David Fouquet* | Dec 16, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
In spite the geopolitical escalation and fiery rhetoric between the West and Iran in recent weeks, there are indications that lines of communications remain active with some hope of a window of opportunity opening to a new phase of negotiations and some sort of...
by Erman Atak* | Dec 9, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
This week —thanks to superior air support and Russian mercenaries— Haftar’s LNA succeeded in gaining more ground in its endeavor to capture capital Tripoli. Witnessing significant impact of direct involvement of Russian fighters and weapons in the battlefield, the GNA...
by Victor Mahieu* | Dec 6, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The U.S has many times voiced concerns over the Europeans’ will to develop a strategic autonomy in recent years. Arguably, the different defence initiatives the EU is undertaking could undermine NATO’s strength by creating duplications and discrimination between...
by Alexy Zender* | Dec 1, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The President of the United States of America (USA) Donald Trump has said that he wants to buy Greenland Island. This request surprised both the autonomous administration of Greenland and Denmark. Upon the reactions from both sides, Trump canceled the official visit...
by Arnout Molenaar* | Nov 29, 2019 | Commentary, Events & Activities, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Proceedings
We had a lot of development on defense over the last two years. In 2016, the security environment changed, the strategic context was changed and of course the political context with Brexit was changed. It was like the perfect storm and it came together around the...
