CHO Han-bum At the 9th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in December 2023, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared a complete severance of relations with South Korea and presented the 'Anti-U.S. Combat Principle' focusing on strengthening … [Read more...]
BULGARIA – NEAR FUTURE PROGNOSIS WITH THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT
Zlatogor MINCHEV THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE Being on the crossroad of post-socialist nostalgia and modern democracy the socio-technological challenges for Bulgaria are quite intriguing and at the same time somewhat confusing. From one hand it is the influence of EU & NATO, but from … [Read more...]
POLITICA NEO-OTOMANĂ A TURCIEI, ÎNTRE ADERAREA LA UNIUNEA EUROPEANĂ ŞI CONFLICTUL ISRAEL – HAMAS. ERDOĞAN, UN NEGUSTOR GEOPOLITIC
Ionuţ CONSTANTIN „Occidentul este de încredere, Rusia este la fel de încredere” Tayyp Recep Erdoğan Abstract. Tayyp Recep Erdoğan is the current leader of Turkey who aims to achieve an ideological and historical geopolitical redirection of his country. Controversial and difficult as leader, … [Read more...]
BELARUS ON THE GEOPOLITICAL MAP OF EUROPE IN THE MID-TERM PERSPECTIVE
Zmicier MICKIEVIČ After August 2020 Belarus got on the European political agenda in the result of mass protests after the presidential election (which was falsified in order to continue the already 29-year rule of Aliaksandr Lukashenka). The protests can be characterised as a peaceful … [Read more...]
Xi Jinping’s never-ending hunt for corruption in the Communist Party
By Stephen McDonell China correspondent As the latest phase of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption crackdown cuts through high-level banking and the elite nuclear rocket force, some have questioned when it might end. The short answer: it won't. It has become a central plank of … [Read more...]
Is the Middle East Heading for War?
Ghaffar Hussain Since mid-October 2023, Iran-backed militias have attacked US military bases in the Middle East on over 165 occasions. The deadliest attack so far took place in late-Jan of this year at a military base in the Jordanian desert close to the Syrian border. This was a drone strike … [Read more...]
Venezuela Amassing Troops On Guyana Border, Expanding Military Bases, Satellite Images Show
SAMYARUP CHOWDHURY The latest developments were seen in the satellite images shared by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. Back in December 2023, President Maduro pledged that Venezuela would not take military action against Guyana. The leaders of Venezuela … [Read more...]
Ukraine vs Gaza
John Raine The Gaza war has fuelled geopolitical trends that compromise Ukraine’s position, and with which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must contend if Ukraine is to survive. In autumn 2023, Ukraine’s spring offensive ran up against the hard realities of Russian defences. … [Read more...]
Israel Prepares For Rafah Assault That Could Lead To “Tens Of Thousands” Of Casualties As Saudis Warn Of Imminent “Humanitarian Catastrophe”
Tyler Durden With any hopes for a Israel-Hamas ceasefire now dead, overnight Israeli air strikes killed 17 people in Rafah on the Gaza border medics said on Saturday, as over a million Palestinians crammed into the city await a full-scale offensive with the rest of the enclave in ruins and … [Read more...]
A Crisis of Opportunity: Addressing the Root Causes of Emigration in the Western Balkans
Dr. Albana Shehaj and Dr. Valbona Zeneli The Western Balkans (WB) have faced significant population losses due to emigration over the past decades. Countries in the region have seen approximately 10-30% of their populations emigrate abroad in search of economic relief. Young, educated workers … [Read more...]