by Tom Peeters | Mar 17, 2022 | Commentary, Energy Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The EU Energy Dependency on Russia and Historic Opportunity for Independence To exact a toll on Russia after its offensive into Ukraine and to squeeze channels that feed Russian military and economic might, the EU tries to impose onerous sanctions on the Russian...
by Asia Pacific Task Force | Mar 11, 2022 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management, Policy Brief
Russian Invasion of Ukraine, China and Towards a New Global Order by Ibrahim Genc[1], Tuba Yalinkilic[2], Yunus Erbas[3] March 11, 2022| 13 min read Background In the Beijing Winter Olympic opening ceremony on February 4, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin and...
by Fatih Yilmaz | Mar 9, 2022 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Europe and the Western World has been experiencing a big new wakeup call after Russian Armed Forces initiated its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Putin announced a “special military operation” to “demilitarise and denazify” Ukraine...
by Martin Velly | Mar 8, 2022 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Sanctions have been considered by international relations scholars as states mechanisms to influence other governments on their policies. While the traditional view on sanctions implemented by J. Galtung and the Oslo Institute portrays sanctions as an instrument to...
by Tom Peeters | Feb 27, 2022 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
1. Deepening Crisis in the International System The ongoing tension between transatlantic alliance and Russia over the invasion of Ukraine is a clear sign showing the break in the functioning of the international system that was established after the WWII. Ukraine...
by Tom Peeters | Feb 26, 2022 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Maritime & Naval Security, Peace & Conflict Management
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who amassed over 100,000 Russian troops around Ukraine in recent months but denied having any intention of invading the country, on Thursday launched a full-scale war in Ukraine, drawing international condemnation. The invasion of...