by Mats Radeck | Sep 16, 2022 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
Background On October 10, 2021, parliamentary elections were held in Iraq about six months before schedule in response to protestors’ demands. Winning 73 out of 329 seats, the Sadrist movement, the party of influential Shi’ite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr, settled for...
by Kurt Engelen | Apr 13, 2022 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management, Research
Depuis l’annexion de la Crimée, l’OTAN et l’UE peinent à trou- ver la juste réponse face au regain d’agressivité de la politique étrangère russe. En dépit de sa condamnation unanime de l’agression, la classe politique occidentale n’a jamais été à même de forcer la...
by Yunus Erbas | Apr 11, 2022 | Peace & Conflict Management, Research
1. Introduction Over the last 10 years, the conflict in the South China Sea has been constantly in the spotlight. As China builds islands in the middle of the South China Sea, once underwater reefs have become sandy islands with airfields, roads, buildings, and bases...
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 Ibrahim Jouhari | Feb 27, 2022 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
Russia’s war on Ukraine is entering the third day of active fighting, Mr. Putin’s time is running out. It is a full-on race between a successful Russian blitzkrieg or a grueling war of attrition, where the Ukrainian drag Russia into another Afghanistan. Russia has a...
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...
