Posted on January 11, 2018. Tags: EU, Military, military support, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, ukraine conflict, United States, US
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 […]
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Posted in Europe, European Union, NATO, Russia, Ukraine Conflict, US, World
Posted on November 4, 2017. Tags: Chile, Latin America, South America, State Terrorism, Terrorism
Mass media and politicians often describe terrorism as one of the greatest security threats to international society. These bold claims have contributed towards an unquestioned belief that terrorism has become a grave threat to our everyday lives. The sporadic and murderous nature of terrorism has been a powerful influence on public threat perception. However, the […]
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Posted in Conflict, Europe, Latin America, Security Issues, Terrorism, US, World
Posted on July 9, 2017. Tags: climate change, environment, Governance, Macron, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States
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, […]
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Posted in Global Economy, US, World
Posted on June 8, 2017. Tags: Alternative facts, Barack Obama, Brexit, Islam, race, Racism, Trump, Truth
Truth and Democracy have always had a troubled relationship, but perhaps never as troubled as now. From Plato’s Noble Lie to Kellyanne Conway’s Alternative Facts, there has always been a tension between the presentation of an objective truth and the exercise of political power. Michael Ignatieff, himself an academic turned not particularly successful politician, mused […]
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Posted in Europe, US, World
Posted on May 12, 2017. Tags: Abkhazia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, conflict, Council of Europe, Crimea, Energy, Eurasia, Europe, European Union, frozen conflicts, Georgia, Iskander missiles, Military, Moldova, Nagorno-Karabakh, oil and gas, OSCE, peace negotiations, Russia, Russian bases, South Ossetia, Soviet, Soviet Union, Trans-Dniestr, Transnistria, Ukraine, UN, United States
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 […]
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Posted in Conflict, Europe, Political Security, Russia, Ukraine Conflict, US, World
Posted on May 9, 2017. Tags: Brexit, Conservative, Democracy, Labour, Media, Political Communication, polling, Polls, Spin, UKIP
By Daniel Shaw and Claire Elliott Political polls are making a fast comeback after failing to correctly predict either Brexit or the election of Donald Trump. Following the highpoint of Nate Silver’s flawless prediction of Obama’s 2008 victory, these embarrassing failures blew up in the face of both polling companies and liberal orthodoxy. These failures were […]
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Posted in Europe, UK News, US, World
Posted on April 17, 2017. Tags: Asia, CETA, EU, Globalization, International Political Economy, TPP, Trade, United States
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 […]
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Posted in Europe, Global Economy, US, World
Posted on April 9, 2017. Tags: Democracy, European Union, Globalization, international system, liberal democratic order, Mexico, Middle East, NATO, Politics, President Trump, Syria, U.S., World
Most children learn early on the art of connecting the dots. Draw a line from one dot to another in a logical pattern and an image begins to emerge. The art of foreign policy has similar characteristics. Policy makers try to connect the dots, attempting to imagine the ways their decision will effect the larger […]
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Posted in US, World
Posted on February 10, 2017. Tags: Brexit, EU, Global finance, Globalization, International Political Economy, Trade, United Kingdom, United States
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 […]
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Posted in Europe, Global Economy, US, World
Posted on January 6, 2017. Tags: CIA, President Trump, Russia, Trump
Donald Trump is correct: The American intelligence community misled us about Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. So that means it’s also mistaken about Russian cyberattacks on the United States. Right? Wrong. On New Year’s Eve, Trump called the Central Intelligence Agency’s claims about WMD a “disaster”—his signature slur—and implied that the agency was fibbing […]
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Posted in Russia, US, World
Posted on September 13, 2016. Tags: 9/11, America, Falling Man, First Responders, Idealism, Islamophobia, Patriotism, Politics, Racism, Remembrance, September 11, September 12, Tolerance, Unity
My seventeen-year-old brother doesn’t remember 9/11 – but it’s a day my country can’t forget. Nor should it. Many “millennials,” myself included, will only have vague memories of the day itself and the outpouring of patriotism that followed. Every year, we are reminded of the men and women that died so needlessly and so courageously […]
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Posted in Conflict, Security Issues, Terrorism, US
Posted on July 25, 2016. Tags: Africa, Election, Politics
Last March, the African-American website Grio ran a tongue-in-cheek article listing the five best places for black Americans to move if Donald J. Trump won the presidency. First on the list was Ghana, which the article identified as “one of the more stable democracies” in Africa. That’s true. But as Ghana prepares for its own presidential elections […]
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Posted in Africa, US, World
Posted on June 19, 2016. Tags: Boris Johnson, Brexit, Conservatives, Constitutionalism, David Cameron, Democracy, Economics, EU Referendum, European Union, Independence Referendum, Labour, Opposition, Populism, Rhetoric, Security, U.S., United Kingdom
In trying to puzzle through the populism animating the right and left after the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2015 European migrant crisis, we can draw a worrying parallel between the UK referenda and social and economic populism in the US. As in the US presidential race, the UK’s Remain/Leave debate is complex: it […]
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Posted in Europe, UK News, US, World
Posted on June 8, 2016. Tags: Alec Ross, Barack Obama, Business, Cyber security, Democracy, Interview, Obama, Politics, Technology, Trump, U.S., US Election, US politics, World
There are few people who can lay claim to having shaped how the world’s only superpower uses modern technology, but Alec Ross is one of those few. Having played a critical role in developing then Senator Barack Obama’s technology and innovation plan during the 2008 presidential campaign, Ross went on to serve as senior innovation advisor to […]
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Posted in Cyber Threats, Technology, US, World
Posted on May 19, 2016. Tags: Bernie Bros, Democracy, Obama, Politics, U.S., US Election
As a very active supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders, I have for the past nine months lived in fear of the day when the strong economy, and the Democratic Party machine’s systematic opposition would finally see off our campaign. The fear was never so much that we wouldn’t get Mr. Sanders, although I am a […]
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Posted on May 7, 2016. Tags: Barack Obama, Civil Society, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Gulf, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, London, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, Oil, Palestinian Israeli Conflict, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, U.S. Foreign Policy
I sat down with the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.K., Minister Elizabeth Dibble, to discuss the Obama visit, the Middle East and the complex Iran-Saudi relationship. The Obama Visit to the U.K. D.M.: You touched on President Obama’s visit in your talk and what he said about the EU referendum. What for […]
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Posted in Conflict, Interviews, Iran, Israel, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Middle East, Political Security, Saudi Arabia, Security Issues, Syria, US, World, Yemen
Posted on April 1, 2016.
The Atlantic explores President Obama’s decision not to bomb Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s army killed more than 1,400 people with sarin gas. It offers a new and insightful evaluation of Obama and his legacy.
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Posted in Global Politics Videos, Russia, Syria, US, World
Posted on March 10, 2016. Tags: Barry Goldwater, Republicans, Video
QZ reports that “Confessions of a Republican” has been making a comeback online. Watching this, one can possibly feel sympathy for the memory of Senator Barry Goldwater, who was an intellectual titan compared to Trump. Nevertheless, this Johnson campaign video will doubtless hit home with many Republicans today in the same way. A great piece of American political […]
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Posted in Global Politics Videos, US, World
Posted on March 4, 2016. Tags: Arms Control, Autonomous Weapons, China, Israel, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, Warfare
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 […]
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Posted in China, Israel, Russia, US, World
Posted on February 16, 2016. Tags: Asia, Asia Economics, China, Cold War, Great Power Politics, India, Non-alignment policy, Post- Cold War, United States
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) […]
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Posted in China, Conflict, India, Political Security, Security Issues, US, World