The historian, Arnold J. Toynbee wrote “The sunsets and sunrises of civilization are inevitably separated by intervals of isolated darkness.”1 A series of sunsets and sunrises describes the world political order after 1914. The interregnums that occurred were of short duration. Before World War I, … [Read more...]
UKRAINE: NATO’S FAILED STRATEGY
Joseph E. FALLON On April 4, 2019, NATO celebrated its 70th anniversary. Originally consisting of 12 members - “Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States”1, NATO had been created in 1949 at the … [Read more...]
FAILURE OF “THE MODEL INTERVENTION”: THE UN, NATO AND THE DEMISE OF LIBYA
Joseph E. FALLON Protests starting in Benghazi in the east soon spread across the country.4 But within a month, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces had defeated rebels in the west.5 By March 19, 2011, they were poised for military victory over rebels in the east.6 On that day, NATO, acting on UN … [Read more...]
GRAND STRATEGY AND TACTICS: U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAN AND AZERBAIJAN
Joseph E. FALLON The reality of ”international relations” remains as Thucydides first described them in his History of The Peloponnesian War - ”right…is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”1 To counter the threat posed … [Read more...]
Geopolitics as Organized Chaos: Middle East Migration into Europe
Joseph E. FALLON Geopolitica drept haos organizat: migraţia din Orientul Mijlociu în Europa Această lucrare va examina patru întrebări critice, care trebuie să fie dezbătute public pentru a rezolva cu succes criza umanitară a migraţiei refugiaţilor din Orientul Mijlociu, care inundă Europa: 1) a … [Read more...]
Three Geopolitical Threats to Saudi Arabia
Joseph E. FALLON Trei ameninţări geopolitice la adresa Arabiei Saudite Orientul Mijlociu este agitat de convulsiile extremismului Sunni şi a tulburărilor Shia, cu ultimele crescând influenţa Iranului în regiune. Acestea pun trei ameninţări geopolitice la adresa Arabiei Saudite – a guvernului său, … [Read more...]