Professor Dr Julian Lindley-French In October, I had the honour of directing the Future Defence, Deterrence and Resilience Conference at Wilton Park in the UK. Under the leadership of General Lord Richards seventy leading practitioners and experts considered the vital relationship between people … [Read more...]
Trump’s Place in US Political Cycles
By George Friedman November 18, 2024 Open as PDF As I wrote in my most recent book, “The Storm Before the Calm,” we tend to use presidencies as benchmarks to help us locate where we are in time, but it would be a mistake to think that presidents and policies are the true agents of … [Read more...]
Iran and War
George Friedman Last week, I wrote on the Middle East and promised a follow-up piece would come next. The U.S. election intruded. Now I’ll return to the second part on the Middle East. We tend to view unrest as an internal event, usually contained in a given nation or region. But sometimes … [Read more...]
A Blueprint for Reclaiming Global Order
Sang Yeob Kim The Fragility of Global Stability Bob Woodward's War sheds a revealing light on the defining crises of our time, from the political turbulence of Donald Trump's presidency to the geopolitical upheavals of the Ukraine conflict. These events expose the vulnerabilities of the current … [Read more...]
America Needs To Reinvent Itself, George Friedman Says
Christopher C. Williams Winston Churchill famously said America ultimately does the right thing after exhausting all other options. In a way, noted political scientist George Friedman is channeling his inner Churchill when he suggests that America’s true superpower is its ability to find … [Read more...]
Rethinking Defense Strategy for a New Era of Total War
Antonio Graceffo Nearly every day, the U.S. and its allies face cyber-attacks originating from some combination of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, along with other hostile actors. Russian and Chinese spies operate within Western societies as well as in key allied nations in Asia, such as … [Read more...]
AŞEZAREA RELAŢIILOR GEOPOLITICE PE TEMELIA DREPTULUI INTERNAŢIONAL PENTRU O SECURITATE DURABILĂ
Cristi CHIŢU, PhD După cum am văzut în cazul Războiului din Ucraina, dar şi în cazul celui din Fâşia Gaza şi Israel, legăturile dintre geopolitică şi drept internaţional reprezintă o componentă importantă, însă, din păcate, Dreptul Internaţional nu joacă un rol suficient de important în … [Read more...]
RĂZBOIUL RUSIEI ÎMPOTRIVA UCRAINEI – Context geopolitic –
Boris PATRASH Agresiunea rusă împotriva Ucrainei a început în 2014 odată cu ocuparea Crimeei şi începerea ostilităţilor în Donbas, iar la 24 februarie 2022 Federaţia Rusă a declanşat invazia pe scară largă în Ucraina. Kremlinul poartă un război colonial şi imperialist cu scopul de a distruge … [Read more...]
SECURITATE ŞI INSECURITATE LA MAREA NEAGRĂ
Contraamiral. fl. lector univ. dr. Sorin LEARSCHI* Poate niciunde în altă parte a lumii dominaţia puterilor nu a fost mai diversă şi sugestivă decât în regiunea Pontului Euxin, în care perioada antică, cea medievală sau cea modernă s-au caracterizat printr-un ameţitor joc geopolitic, cu ale ei … [Read more...]
TECTONICA GEOPOLITICĂ ÎN AREALUL MĂRII NEGRE
Vasile SIMILEANU, PhD* Abstract. The Black Sea was a challenge for the powers of antiquity, but also for the civilizations and cultures that emerged in this area. The attraction was given by the geopolitical and geostrategic challenges determined by the geographical position, the intersection of … [Read more...]