by Gabriel Jonsson | Aug 24, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
During the year North Korea’s 16 missile tests and their impact on relations with South Korea and the United States have dominated news reports on Korean affairs, in spite of the May 9 election of Moon Jae-in as new South Korean president following the Constitutional...
by Sebastian S. Stolberg | Jul 30, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Turkey is willing to buy S-400 missile defence system from Russia and there are some serious recent developments regarding this deal. Recent Developments On July 14, 2017, Bloomberg published a detailed article about that deal. The main points of the deal...
by Nele Marianne Ewers-Peters | Jul 24, 2017 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
On 25 May 2017, NATO leaders met in Brussels to celebrate the opening the new headquarters in Boulevard Léopold III. The location of the new headquarters is historically very significant: during construction four unexploded bombs from both the First and Second World...
by Nicolas Del Ferro | Jul 5, 2017 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
The Balkan Peninsula, being located on the border line between East and West, Islam and Christianity, communism and capitalism (during the Cold War), has proven its strategic importance by playing great roles in both World Wars. Moreover, in many times, Balkans itself...
by Hasan Suzen* | Jun 11, 2017 | Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Research
The world observed a well-developed Russian strategy and military model have had destabilizing consequences and wide-ranging implications for international security, in particular for Europe, and global stability since the Ukraine crisis. Needless to say, most...