Recently, Greenland has become a key topic for Europe, as the island has found itself at the center of the geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China. Although formally part of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland’s strategic location and vast natural resources have established it as an object of direct interest for global superpowers, […]
Countering money laundering has long been a topic of high public and expert importance, since the phenomenon has multi-vector effects: it impacts the country’s economy and security and may also exert significant influence on political processes. Nevertheless, in-depth analyses on the subject are rare. The reason is that, the private sector often perceives measures in […]
For much of its modern history, Bulgaria has rightly focused its foreign policy on its immediate neighborhood — the Balkans, the Black Sea region, and the Euro-Atlantic space. Yet, as global power dynamics shift, it is becoming increasingly clear that the world’s economic and strategic center of gravity is moving eastward. The Indo-Pacific — a […]
Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election sparked serious concerns among both experts and ordinary citizens. One reason for this is his controversial stance toward America’s traditional alliances, coupled with his occasional admiration for certain authoritarian leaders—something difficult to explain to democratically minded people. From the very beginning of his new term, these […]
The food system encompasses all the activities related to the production, processing, transportation, and consumption of food, from the farm to the consumer’s table. It also includes issues such as governance, the economy, food production along the value chain, and its overall sustainability. Additionally, the food system accounts for the extent to which food is […]
President Donald Trump’s visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at the start of his Gulf tour, marked an exceptional event in both form and substance. It reshaped American priorities in the Middle East and opened the door to a new strategic approach based on the principle of “deals and outcomes,” moving away from the […]
Africa is now clearly the continent with the highest population growth. In the context of the demographic crisis affecting much of the rest of the world—particularly Europe and Asia—the influence of its countries is set to increase. How will Africa’s population expansion change the world and the continent itself? The demographic crisis has not spared […]
Jordan’s foreign policy has long been characterized by a pragmatic approach to regional and global shifts. By maintaining strategic balance and avoiding rigid alignments, Amman has preserved its interests in an increasingly volatile environment. As new geopolitical challenges emerge, Jordan faces the task of recalibrating its diplomatic posture while sustaining its core strategic relationships. Throughout […]
The hopes of the Democratic Party for victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election were largely tied to mobilizing women as an electoral bloc. Given that the issue of abortion rights became one of the key dividing lines between Trump and Harris, the Democrats sought to turn the electoral contest into a battle of the […]
For over six months now, Israel has been not only at war in Gaza but also in a proxy conflict with Iran. In the early hours of Sunday morning, this proxy conflict for the first time acquired a direct character, after Iran executed its military operation True Promise. Its genesis can be traced through a […]
After the conclusion of the Cold War, the international relations system was largely shaped by the American transcription of Westernism. It assumed the establishment of two norms: liberal democracy within states and globalist pan-Americanism in international relations. Although this symbiosis of liberal democracy and pan-Americanism failed to dominate the world entirely, it did register tangible […]
A Brief History of Decapitation The decapitation strategy is a widely practiced counterterrorism measure used by numerous countries around the globe. Essentially, decapitation policy is based on the assumption that capturing or killing the key leader of a terrorist organization would interrupt, impede, and destabilize the group’s activities and operations, eventually leading to the end […]
After winning the presidential elections in the Republic of Turkey earlier this year, Recep Tayyip Erdogan took several steps aimed at restoring basic trust and pragmatic cooperation with the United States and the European Union. Following this trajectory, Mehmet Simsek was appointed as Minister of Treasury and Finance, and Hafize Gaye Erkan as the Governor […]
In the early hours of October 7th, a day after the fiftieth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, the Palestinian movement Hamas launched a mass-organized ground and air terrorist attack against Israel. Since the beginning of this deadly war, there have been thousands of casualties, both Israeli and Palestinian civilians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially […]
The tension in the South Caucasus between Armenia and Azerbaijan is characterized not only by its sustainability over time but also by its periodic escalation, taking on military dimensions. Following the latest such eruption – the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War (2020), concluded with the signing of the respective ceasefire,[1] the conflict entered its familiar course: a […]
The major question that concerns many analysts, governments, and elites around the world is the direction Turkey will take after this year’s elections. The ruling coalition between the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) won a significant majority in the Turkish Parliament in the first round and ultimately emerged victorious […]
Over the past decade, we have witnessed one of the most significant shifts in the tectonic plates of international relations. It is linked to the resurgence of American foreign policy attention towards the Southeast Asia region, from the so-called “pivot to Asia” under Barack Obama, the revival of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) during Donald […]
During an extraordinary meeting on May 7 in Cairo, Egypt, the foreign ministers of the Arab countries resolved to permit the Syrian Arab Republic to return to the League of Arab States (LAS) after a 12-year suspension. They “decided to bring Syria in from the cold and back into the fold,” as American veteran of […]
The return of Sudan to a state of civil war in the past month has once again given rise to stories of human suffering. In terms of international politics, this can be seen as another unsuccessful attempt at transitioning from an authoritarian regime to a democracy in the Arab world. Sudan has been in a […]
Israel has been experiencing violent political turmoil over the past few years. After several electoral cycles since 2019, the elections held on 1st November have led to the election of the XXV Knesset in late December 2022. Benjamin Netanyahu has formed a strong coalition composed of only religious, Zionist, and right-wing parties. The stable majority […]
To say that the world is no longer unipolar is to acknowledge the geopolitical realities from February 22, 2022, when the global balance of power shifted for the first time after the end of the Cold War. Such findings, however, do not help clarify what will inherit the Pax Americana. One of the most common […]
Summary: this article is about the current socio-political landscape of the Middle East and the role of the United States, now and in the near future. It is more analytical, with ramifications in culture and history than a policy paper. However, it contains an assessment and a prognostic element: changes in the Orient are, in […]
The 21st century was meant to be Asian. Actually, if you look and listen closely enough, it was expected to be Chinese. The 2008 financial crisis generated an opportunity for Chinese narrative-makers to spin a riposte declaring that in Asia, contrary to Western insistence, events never amounted to a crisis and only affected a declining […]