Managing Paul Kagame, Africa’s Enfant Terrible
Editor’s note: This article was originally published by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on 30 March 2014. South Africa is conducting a fairly delicate struggle with Rwanda, trying to...
View ArticleAre Security and Energy Concerns Moving Turkey and Israel Toward Reconciliation?
This article was originally published June 20, 2014 by IPI Global Observatory. Earlier this month, about 3,000 people marched through the streets of Istanbul in memory of the eight Turkish citizens and...
View ArticleDoes the ‘West’ Exist?
This article was originally published by European Geostrategy on 20 July 2014. In September, the NATO allies will meet at the summit to discuss issues ranging from the end of NATO’s combat mission in...
View ArticleOn Korean Peninsula, Focus Should Be on Unification Not Provocation: Q&A with...
This interview was originally published by IPI Global Observatory on 21 July 2014. Last week, the North Korean regime resumed its policy of provocation and destabilization on the Korean Peninsula by...
View ArticleIs Cantonment the Key to Success in Mali’s Negotiations?
This article was originally published by ISS Africa on 21 July 2014. Peace talks between the government of Mali and northern rebel groups started in Algiers last week. If they are to succeed, the focus...
View ArticleThe Future of the Organization of American States
This article was originally published by E-International Relations on 28 August, 2014. The Organization of American States (OAS) is set to appoint a new Secretary General in 2015. The new leader will...
View ArticleThe Lesson of Russia’s Serial Treaty Violations
This article was originally published as “Russia’s Treaty Violations & Nuclear Instability” by Real Clear Defense on 15 September 2014. Last week, US officials began talks in Moscow regarding...
View ArticleMediation Perspectives: Ending Dialogue to End the Israel-Palestine Conflict?
After more than two decades of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that have failed to bring peace, few words are as reviled among Palestinians as “normalization.” “Anti-normalization”is a widespread...
View ArticleAfrica Unsure of its Place on World Stage
This article was originally published by the World Policy Blog on 15 October 2014. Last August, over 40 African heads of states and governments traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with President Obama...
View ArticleTaiwan’s Ten Thousand Double-Edged Swords
This article was originally published by the East Asia Forum on 24 October, 2014. Procuring the Ten Thousand Swords missile system is a blunder for Taiwan; it aggravates the security dilemma between it...
View ArticleChemical Disarmament in Syria and the Future of the Chemical Weapons Control...
What questions has the Syrian conflict raised about the current and future efforts to dismantle and destroy all known stockpiles of chemical weapons? To answer this and a host of other questions, our...
View ArticleThe Economic Rules of Geopolitics
This article was originally published by the East Asia Forum on 3 November, 2014. Regional economic cooperation in Asia and across the Pacific was developed around the idea of open regionalism and...
View ArticleA Legal Precipice? The DPRK-Uganda Security Relationship
This article was originally published by 38 North on 13 November, 2014. Uganda and North Korea are two countries which few would immediately identify as natural partners. Yet on October 29, 2014, Kim...
View ArticleFrozen Donbas?
This article was originally published by the Carnegie Moscow Center on 17 November 2014. Russia is invading Ukraine, again. As usual, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted hard evidence...
View ArticleThe New Nuance in Chinese Diplomacy
This article was originally published by the East Asia Forum on 24 November, 2014. Much energy has been expended on projecting the impact of the rise of Chinese economic power on its political and...
View ArticleMediation Perspectives: What is Mediation?
On 25 November 2014, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with various German mediation support NGOs, organized a conference on peace mediation. The aims of the conference were to explore...
View ArticleSumming Up Switzerland’s 2014 Chairmanship of the OSCE
The Swiss presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was dominated by the escalating Ukraine Crisis. Dealing with one of the worst crises in the Euro-Atlantic area...
View ArticleChinese Firm Planning a Canal Through Nicaragua Has PLA Ties
This article was originally published by Offiziere.ch on 5 December, 2014. A Chinese company is preparing to begin work on the Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal. Once — and if — the canal is ever finished,...
View ArticleŞaban Kardaş: “Central Country? Turkish Foreign Policy in a Tumultuous Middle...
What has become of Turkey’s so-called ‘Zero Problems’ foreign policy? What should we think about the country’s evolving role as a regional actor? And when we ask the latter question, which region are...
View ArticleBetween the EU and Russia: Opportunity or Dilemma for Serbia’s OSCE...
This article was originally published by the Security and Human Rights Blog on 22 January, 2015. On 15 January, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić outlined the priorities...
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