Federico Bordonaro, Ph.D. Political Officer @ Embassy of Canada | Ambassade du Canada 🇨🇦 | Foreign & Security Policy Analysis Abstract: The purpose of this article is to succinctly demonstrate the shortcomings of conventional geopolitical theories and to highlight the … [Read more...]
China is training super-pilots with qigong for stealth jet and drone battle
Stephen Chen in Beijing In a secluded hot spring pool in the coastal town of Xingcheng in northeast China, a group of 50 robust men move their bodies in unison, practising a form of qigong known as baduanjin while a melody drifts through the mist. Aged between 23 and 48, the men are China’s top … [Read more...]
ASEAN: Beneficiaries of Global Trade’s Realignment
By Geopolitical Futures Amid global uncertainties, companies diversifying supply chains away from China have driven a surge in foreign direct investment into the countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In 2023, FDI inflows to the region reached $236 billion, … [Read more...]
The Sea: A Pillar of National Interest
he Sea: A Pillar of National Interest Giovanni Luchetti, Regional Director EMEA at The Intelligent Investor – Authorized Representative of TIME Magazine As highlighted by many sources, the recovery of the Italian economy following the severe recession caused by the pandemic largely depends on … [Read more...]
Lai’s letter to Trump a great start: Ex-U.S. national security advisor
Washington, Dec. 12 (CNA) A former United States national security advisor on Thursday confirmed delivering President Lai Ching-te's (賴清德) congratulatory letter to Donald Trump, calling it a "great start" for relations between the two sides. Robert O'Brien, who served as Trump's national security … [Read more...]
Feng Yujun on the future of Eurasia after Russia’s imperial ambitions crumble
Yuxuan JIA and Shuyang Yu Feng Yujun, a prominent expert on Russian studies in China, published in September an article in Volume 5, 2024, of the Chinese-language Journal of Northeast Asia Studies 东北亚学刊, discussing how the war in Ukraine is redrawing the geopolitical map of Eurasia. Feng … [Read more...]
La sicurezza energetica globale richiede politiche intelligenti
Alberto Cossu La sicurezza energetica globale richiede politiche intelligenti Il XVII Forum Economico Eurasiatico di Verona, tenutosi il 5 e 6 dicembre 2024 a Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, ha messo in evidenza le sfide e le opportunità nel settore energetico globale. Di particolare interesse è stato … [Read more...]
Somaliland’s Peaceful Handover Withstands Neighbourhood Strains
Omar Mahmood Senior Analyst, Eastern Africa https://twitter.com/omarsmahmood What happened? Somaliland held its long-awaited presidential election in mid-November, ending in victory for the opposition and a swift concession by the incumbent. The vote and its aftermath underlined … [Read more...]
The ‘Global Century’?
Federico Bordonaro, Ph.D. Political Officer @ Embassy of Canada | Ambassade du Canada 🇨🇦 | Foreign & Security Policy Analysis Saul B. Cohen and the Multipolar Geopolitical Reality Saul Bernard Cohen (1925-2021) stands as one of the most prominent American political … [Read more...]
Syria 2024
Professor Dr Julian Lindley-French Chairman at The Alphen Group “Do not try and do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not win it for them.” T.E. Lawrence Syria 2024 December … [Read more...]