Japan’s Defence White Paper
30.07.2021
In mid-July, Japan’s Ministry of Defence issued a White Paper that attracted the close attention of officials and experts from neighbo
Geopolitics
Requiem for an Empire: A Prequel
29.07.2021
Assaulted by cognitive dissonance across the spectrum, the now behaves as a manic depressive inmate, rotten to the core – a fate more filled with dread than having to face a revolt of the satrapies.
European Geopolitics
29.07.2021
Two Types Of Foreign Policy
28.07.2021
Each century of international relations is marked by the initiatives of a few exceptional men. Their approach to their countries’ foreign relations is based on common principles.
Great Power Competition Requires Theater Deterrence
26.07.2021
With publication of Advantage at Sea, the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard have a cogent, broad-based strategic theory of how to apply naval power in the turbulent 21st century. Advantage focuses on the growth of peer competit
AMERICA’S STRATEGY IN OCEANIA: TIME FOR A BETTER APPROACH
02.08.2021
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has no military, a population only one-sixth the size of Washington, D.C.’s, and a gross domestic product of
Russia’s New National Security Strategy
15.07.2021
On 2 July 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the country’s new National Security Strategy.
What’s The SCO’s Game Plan For Afghanistan?
14.07.2021
The SCO would do well to coordinate its members’ efforts to contain Afghan-emanating regional terrorist threats such as ISIS-K, encourage a political compromise between Kabul and the Taliban, and devise a plan for developing the war-torn country’s
Hiding and Finding: The Challenge of Security Competition
13.07.2021
Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; who rules the World-Island commands the world. — Halford J. Mackinder1
Karl Haushofer and the lost tradition of Geopolitics
05.07.2021
Famous American political geographer and theorist Nicholas J. Spykman once said; “Ministers could come and go, even dictators die, but the mountain ranges stand unperturbed”. It is an established fact that the geographical conditions, which refers to the physical territory of the state, have remained the true determinant of International Politics. For centuries, geography has played a pivotal role in determining state power and influence in international politics. For instance, ancient Rome heroically destroyed Carthage due to its immense and strategic geography. Likewise, the defeat of Great European warrior Napoleon in Russia happened due to his lack of understanding of the Russian geographical conditions.
