American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over its Sahara and the normalisation of relations between Morocco and Israel could have lasting benefits for the cause of peace in North Africa and the Middle East. For North Africa, the Sahara dispute between Morocco and the Algerian backed Polisario has dragged on for 45 years, making it one […]
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The Significance of the Morocco-Israel-US Deal for Regional Peace
Posted on December 23, 2020.
Posted in Africa, Conflict, Culture, Economic Security, Economics, Global Economy, Israel, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Middle East, NATO, Political Security, Refugees, Religion, Security Issues, UN, US, World
COVID-19 has Revealed a World of Strong States and Global Enmity
Posted on April 20, 2020.
“Viruses know no borders and they don’t care about your ethnicity, the colour of your skin or how much money you have in the bank.” The words of WHO official Dr Mike Ryan about Coronavirus (COVID-19) would seem to many of us common sense. What appears ‘common sense’ does not, however, always manifest in the […]
Posted in Australia, China, Europe, European Union, Germany, Refugees, Security Issues, UN, US, World
Reflections on Ethnic Nationalism in China and the West
Posted on September 8, 2019.
I moved to London when I was 16, having spent my entire childhood living in Beijing. My parents met there studying Chinese and my father later got a job with the Spanish embassy. When I arrived in the UK in 2014 British national culture seemed like a breath of fresh air compared to the parochial […]
‘Presidential Initiatives’: A Way to Revive U.S–Russia Arms Control?
Posted on January 25, 2019.
There is every reason to believe that Russia will not come back into compliance with the INF Treaty, thus setting the stage for a US withdrawal from the landmark agreement. The demise of the INF Treaty would jeopardize ‘New START’, one of the last remaining pillars of the arms control regime. Although the agreement expires […]
Posted in World
Iran Nuclear Deal: Tehran Looks to Mitigate Effects of US Withdrawal
Posted on May 23, 2018.
The withdrawal of the Trump Administration from the Iran nuclear deal was a long time coming. Concluded in 2015 after months of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries (United States, France, United Kingdom, Russia, China and Germany), the agreement seemingly provided a win-win outcome both in terms of the international community’s desire to rein […]
Posted in Economics, Global Economy, Iran, Middle East, US, World
Why the US Should Rethink Military Support for Ukraine
Posted on January 11, 2018.
University of Nottingham (Ningbo Campus) Assistant Professor Nicholas Ross Smith argues that while arming Ukraine may be the right thing to do, it naively underestimates the geopolitical reality of Eastern Europe and could result in a far worse outcome for both Ukraine and Europe. Donald Trump’s recent decision to approve the sale of more lethal arms […]
Posted in Europe, European Union, NATO, Russia, Ukraine Conflict, US, World
The Truth Behind the Fiction: 16 Days to End Violence Against Women
Posted on December 10, 2017.
The television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has gripped viewers and political pundits alike, since its release in April 2017, for its astonishingly realistic parallels between the fictional world of Gilead, and the very real Donald Trump led USA. As the global campaign for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence draws to […]
Posted in Culture, Global Economy, Security Issues, UN, World
The Paris Agreement: Thinking Long-Term About US Power and Wealth
Posted on July 9, 2017.
US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the country out of the Paris climate agreement may eventually end in a U-turn. After all, unpredictability has by far been Trump’s favourite foreign policy strategy. Yet should this one promise be kept its implications for global cooperation on climate change would be catastrophic. In the long term, […]
Posted in Global Economy, US, World
Macron’s New Cabinet Heralds Revival of a European Defence
Posted on May 22, 2017.
With the recent nomination of his government, President Macron takes a chance to rejuvenate the idea of a European defence, an ambitious plan that collapsed when it failed to obtain the ratification in the French Parliament back in 1954. The European Defence Community emerged from the Pleven plan, proposed in 1950 by the French Prime […]
Posted in Europe, European Union, France, World
America’s Allies in Eurasia Face a Common Foe in Russia
Posted on May 12, 2017.
By Eugen Iladi It’s no secret that Russia is using military means and disinformation to try to reassemble its Soviet Union footprint. Ukraine has drawn the most headlines in this effort. But the Kremlin has long been working its land-grab plan in Georgia, Moldova and Azerbaijan. Russia’s economic failure and social challenges in the 21st […]
Posted in Conflict, Europe, Political Security, Russia, Ukraine Conflict, US, World
CETA and TPP: Why Understanding Trade Matters Politically
Posted on April 17, 2017.
With an overwhelming majority of 408 votes against 254, the European Parliament recently approved the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. This came only three weeks after Donald Trump’s formal withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – a deal involving 12 nations around the Pacific Ocean. As trade is silently shaking world politics […]
Posted in Europe, Global Economy, US, World
In Retreat
Posted on February 10, 2017.
Brexit, Donald Trump and the growing nationalism wave sweeping across the Western world represent a new political backlash against globalisation, which might seriously threaten the world liberal economic order and global security. In her much-anticipated speech on 17 January, UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced her plans for a “Hard Brexit”, which will end […]
Posted in Europe, Global Economy, US, World
‘Killer Robots’ and the Third Revolution in Warfare
Posted on March 4, 2016.
War will never again be the same. Autonomous weapons have nearly arrived, and so far nothing has been able to stop them. At the 2015 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, an open letter—signed by over three thousand of the world’s most relevant robotics experts, and endorsed by luminaries including Stephen Hawking, Nobel Laureate […]
Sino-U.S. Competition and India Policy
Posted on February 16, 2016.
Introduction At the time of India’s independence in 1947 the world had just witnessed the end of the Second World War and was slowly being engulfed in a new power struggle with the Cold War. The brewing trend of the time was that of alliance forming with either of the blocs led by the United States (US) […]
Posted in China, Conflict, India, Political Security, Security Issues, US, World
Understanding the Saudi-Iranian Cold War: A Road Map
Posted on January 22, 2016.
The execution of a renowned Arab Shi’a cleric, Sheikh Nimr, just after the New Year has set long-standing rivals Iran and Saudi-Arabia on a new collision course. Radical elements in Iran attacked the Saudi diplomatic compound in the country prompting Riyadh to sever its relations with Tehran. While the Iranian government condemned the attacks, immediately dismissing some officials […]
Posted in Conflict, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Political Security, Religion, Security Issues, Syria, World
Iran and the West: Why 1953 Still Matters
Posted on July 11, 2012.
“It is reasonable to argue that but for the coup, Iran would be a mature democracy. So traumatic was the coup’s legacy that when the Shah finally departed in 1979, many Iranians feared a repetition of 1953, which was one of the motivations for the student seizure of the U.S. Embassy. The hostage crisis, in […]
Posted in Africa, Culture, Europe, Middle East, Security Issues, World
Israel and the United States: The Relationship Holds
Posted on July 29, 2010.
How religion, culture and crude politics sustain America’s support for the Jewish state. We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people ─ the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world. Herman Melville, 1850 Anyone taking even a passing interest in Middle East politics over the past year might be […]
Posted in Israel, Middle East, US, World
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