Dr. Konstantinos Grivas EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The war in Ukraine is acting as a super-accelerator in the development of low-cost, low-tech, mass-produced robotic military systems – robot armies, in other words – by actors with little financial or technological ability. One of the biggest questions … [Read more...]
Ukraine Military Shake Up Stokes Uncertainty Over War Path
Natalia Drozdiak Ukraine’s reshuffle of its top military brass is stoking uncertainty over the direction of the conflict with Russia as the US Congress continues to block aid for Kyiv. After weeks of speculation and mounting acrimony between the two, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy … [Read more...]
US Army spent billions on a new helicopter that now will never fly
Jen Judson The U.S. Army is ending its latest effort to build a new armed scout helicopter, known as the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, an abrupt change of direction that marks one of the department’s most significant program cancellations of the last decade. The service had already spent … [Read more...]
Smoke or Substance? NATO-Japanese Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
Ryan Ashley and Jada Fraser Ever since the inclusion of Italy, NATO has had a more complicated relationship with maritime geography than its name implies. Now, with challenges to the international order appearing across multiple flanks, the alliance is trying to figure out how to further its … [Read more...]
The end of the US’ pre-eminence in the Middle East
With the US killing a Kataib Hezbollah commander, Iran will exploit the US' weakness with attacks on US bases and Israeli ports, creating the next test of the US' tolerance for escalation. Firas Modad Commercial Summary: The US’ position in the Middle East is extremely weak. Most analysts seem … [Read more...]
Congress must act to stop Kremlin aggression—for the sake of US interests
John E. Herbst Are we at the end of an eighty-year period of US global leadership? The United States emerged as a global leader—no, the key global actor—when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt overcame a long tradition of US isolationism by moving forward with the Lend-Lease program that … [Read more...]
THE SCIENCE OF GEOPOLITICS NEEDS TO BE STUDIED BY THE POLICY MAKERS AS WELL
Interview with Shams uz ZAMAN KHAN Vasile SIMILEANU: Geopolitics, as a science, was challenged after the World War II. After 1989, it became part of the new world order. Please tell us about your activities in the field of geopolitics! How do you define geopolitics? Shams uz ZAMAN: The … [Read more...]
UKRAINE IS BUILDING RELATIONS WITH ROMANIA, THE EU AND THE US IN THE CONTEXT OF EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION
Interview with Mykhailo PODOLYAK Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Vasile SIMILEANU: We live in an ever-changing world. Attemps to build a new world have different approaches. In this sense, geopolitics plays an important role in establishing new strategies. From your … [Read more...]
ROLUL FORŢELOR NAVALE ESTE DETERMINAT DE MODUL CUM SUNT CONFIGURATE INTERESELE NAŢIONALE ŞI DE SITUAŢIA GEOPOLITICĂ ŞI GEOSTRATEGICĂ A ZONEI
Interviu cu Contraamiral de Flotilă (r) dr. Romulus HÂLDAN Vasile SIMILEANU: Domnule Amiral, În cursul anului trecut aţi finalizat, împreună cu domnul amiral profesor universitar doctor Gheorghe Marin, Tratatul de Securitate Maritimă. O lucrare impresionantă, care era necesară pentru experţii în … [Read more...]
ÎN ACEST CONTEXT GEOPOLITIC, ROMÂNIA POATE REPREZENTA UN CENTRU DE COAGULARE A INTERESELOR REGIONALE, UN VECTOR DE STABILITATE, DEMOCRAŢIE ŞI DE PROMOVARE A VALORILOR EUROATLANTICE ÎN REGIUNE
Interviu cu Amiral (rtr) dr. Aurel POPA Vasile SIMILEANU: Domnule Amiral, În urmă cu ceva ani aţi pus baza Forumului Securităţii Maritime! O iniţiativă dedicată experţilor militari şi geopoliticienilor români! De la apariţie şi până în prezent, membrii Forumului Securităţii Maritime şi-au pus … [Read more...]