The European Union has just given itself a new waypoint on the road to climate neutrality: a 90 percent net reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, to be written into the European Climate Law. On paper, it looks like a triumph of continuity. Despite wars, trade conflicts and political … [Read more...]
Geopolitics and the ‘Wider North’ The United Kingdom as a ‘Strategic Pivot’
The melting of the Arctic ice has seen a renewed focus on the High North by many countries seeking influence there, including the UK. However, James Rogers argues that UK policy-makers should now look beyond this region to the emerging ‘Wider North’, to which the UK will eventually be connected by … [Read more...]
Xi’s Strategy to Win Taiwan Without Fighting. The West anticipates an invasion. Beijing trusts its 15th Five-Year Plan.
The dawn of 2026 arrived in the Taiwan Strait with a thunderous dissonance. On the water, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was concluding Justice Mission 2025, a massive exercise involving 89 warplanes, drone swarms, and blockade simulations that Taipei rightly characterized as an unprecedented … [Read more...]
UK, Germany discuss NATO forces in Greenland to calm US threat, Bloomberg News reports
Jan 11 (Reuters) - A group of European countries, led by Britain and Germany, is discussing plans to boost their military presence in Greenland to show U.S. President Donald Trump that the continent is serious about Arctic security, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. Germany will propose setting up … [Read more...]
The Lion Roars Again? If Tehran Falls: Why Regime Collapse in Iran Would Shake the Middle East More Than War?
Cyril Widdershoven Visionary geopolitical strategist with a sharp focus on commodities, geopolitics, and security in the MENA region. Open for consultancy and advisory work and commercial due diligence. January 11, 2026 Since 1979, Western policy towards Iran has fluctuated … [Read more...]
Între ordinea și dez(ordinea) globală
Dr. Octavian Sergentu Abstract: We focused on studies of global order in the context of geopolitical turbulence. Geopolitical tensions in Ukraine/Russia, Israel and the Middle East, the South China Sea, and potentially elsewhere spread in tandem and intensify. Emboldened by the West’s increased … [Read more...]
Effects of the war between Russia and Ukraine on European security, with a focus on Eastern Europe (Baltic States, Poland, Romania)
Prof. Dr. Sevdalina Dimitrova * Abstract: The dynamic and uncertain security environment, especially since 2020, has brought to the agenda the danger of a Third World War, which in any case would be radically different from the previous two – both in scale, in the military arsenal used, radically … [Read more...]
The Evolution of Diplomacy in the Last Century: From Micro to Macro Interactions
Heleny Constantin Abstract Over the last century, diplomacy has undergone a profound transformation in both scope and operational mechanisms. Traditionally characterised by elite-to-elite communication, discreet negotiations, and limited public engagement, diplomacy has expanded into a … [Read more...]
NORDUL COLECTIV vs. SUDUL GLOBAL – partea a II-a: Sudul Global –
dr. Vasile SIMILEANU* Sudul Global Sudul Global reprezintă statele și regiunile cu dezvoltare economică și militară medie sau redusă, aflate în poziții semi-periferice și/sua periferice în sistemul internațional. Conceptul se bazează pe teoria sistemelor mondiale și teoriile dependenței, … [Read more...]
Operation “Absolute Resolve” in Venezuela (January 3–4, 2026): operational deployment, multi-domain architecture, and the role of artificial intelligence.
Author: Admiral(rtr) PhD. Aurel POPA “S8NTH Strategic Engine is a decision-making synthesis engine that uses synthetic intelligence for multi-domain analysis, scenario simulation, and decision-making consequence assessment, functioning exclusively as a support tool for the human factor,without … [Read more...]