by Transatlantic Task Force | Oct 9, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Last week NATO Defence Ministers met in Brussels in order to discuss; NATO – Georgia relations, NATO’s deterrence and defence posture, Defence spending and burden-sharing, Adapting NATO command structure, and NATO-EU cooperation. At the Bucherest Summit in...
by Erdem Taskin* | Sep 26, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
EU in Focus: Informal Salzburg Summit Informal meeting of heads of state or government took place in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018 to discuss internal security, migration and Brexit. The heads of state or government met for an informal working dinner on migration...
by Muqtedar Khan* | Sep 5, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
States with small and medium levels of power have a limited range of strategic responses available when confronted with an aggressive superpower. They can prepare to confront the superpower (balance) by shoring up their capabilities or seeking alliances. They can...
by Erdem Taskin* | Sep 3, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Gynmich took place in Vienna on 29-31 August 2018, as usual first day with Informal meeting of defense ministers and second-day with Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers. The Informal meeting of defense ministers focused on the EU’s security and defense...
by Gabriel Jonsson | Aug 30, 2018 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
In 2018, inter-Korean relations have become far more dynamic as became manifest by North Korea’s participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, which was put forth in a separate piece[1] on March 15 by the author of this article. Since then, third inter-Korean...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Aug 22, 2018 | Book Review, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Democracy doesn’t always die with military coups, starts Levitsky and Ziblat, it also dies in the hands of the elected leaders. The subject is not new; after a staggering expansion of democracy after cold war, there were already signs of retreat as chosen leaders...
