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The Turkish Tail Wags the NATO Dog
The Turkish Tail Wags the NATO Dog As NATO has expanded eastward towards Russia, there has been an ever-present risk that its easternmost members would adopt a significantly more hawkish policy towards Russia than its original founding members. Some have seen this in Poland, possibly using the current Ukrainian crisis (and NATO in turn) to […]
Militarizing the Arctic: Is Canada Ready for a Literal Cold War with Russia?
Militarizing the Arctic: Is Canada Ready for a Literal Cold War with Russia? Over the past decade, Moscow has been projecting its power, and boldly testing the cohesion and determination of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU), and their closest allies in many different regions either considered unstable or […]
Of Europe, Syria and Anthropogeographic Inversion
Of Europe, Syria and Anthropogeographic Inversion The immediate force behind the rapid and successful European overseas projection was actually the combination of two elements. Europe’s economic advancement (less the capacity to invent than the readiness to retake from others, the so-called superior adaptive capacity in technology, navigation, and transport) coupled with a demographic expansion […]
In Search of a Resolution to the Syrian War, Refugee Crisis
In Search of a Resolution to the Syrian War, Refugee Crisis One of the main migration routes is to head for Turkey, then to Greece in order to proceed towards the Balkans and Italy, and finally branch into France and then the United Kingdom. Another route sees passage via Romania, Hungary, and Austria, with […]
Refugee Crisis Reminds Europe There is a Real War in Syria
Refugee Crisis Reminds Europe There is a Real War in Syria Refugees are not the problem; war is. If the war in Syria doesn’t stop, the flow of refugees will only continue. The refugee wave, marked by the dramatic image of tens of thousands of Syrians trying to reach Germany from Hungary, is a […]
Market Meltdown Means More Pain for Oil Producers
Market Meltdown Means More Pain for Oil Producers Supply-side downward price pressure has been the story of global energy prices over the past year: newfound supply from the Shale Revolution, OPEC’s gambit of market-share grabbing inundation, and new supply coming online from Iraq and soon Iran. The result was a plunge in oil prices from […]
Is Turkey In Over Its Head?
Is Turkey In Over Its Head? Turkey’s war against Islamic State began with bombs being dropped on Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) forces – a central actor in the ongoing insurgency across parts of Syria (a country that ostensibly no longer exists) and Iraq. The PKK has sought autonomy from Turkey since the mid-1980s, with tens […]
Is Puerto Rico the New Greece?
Is Puerto Rico the New Greece? While the world’s attention has been firmly fixed on Greece’s debt crisis and the “Grexit” threat, there is trouble brewing much closer to home. Staying largely in the Greek shadow, Puerto Rico is on the brink of defaulting on its debts. The parallels with Greece are unavoidable, and not […]
A Fine Balance: China’s Need for Resources and Stability in the South China Sea
A Fine Balance: China’s Need for Resources and Stability in the South China Sea The shift in demographic and economic weight from Europe to East Asia has intensified over the past 20 years, which makes East Asia and its coastal areas increasingly important – a critical shift in current and future international relations dynamics underscored […]
The Greek People Should Vote No
The Greek People Should Vote No Greece has defaulted on its 1.3 billion euro payment to the International Monetary Fund and the euro zone is still intact, but nobody has any clear idea about what will happen after next Sunday’s referendum. Prime Minister Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, a game theory expert, have […]
Energy Security in the EU: Pipelines, Powers, and Political Relations
Energy Security in the EU: Pipelines, Powers, and Political Relations The Many Faces of Energy Security The term “energy security,” despite its pessimistic applications and loose definitions, is profligately used in policy circles and academic fields. Limiting disruptions of supply to broader definitions, which have political, economic, and/or environmental bearing, is common of energy security […]
China’s Island Building Reveals the True Power in Asia
China’s Island Building Reveals the True Power in Asia China’s land reclamation moves in the South China Sea may be cause for reproach, but no one will do a thing about Beijing’s island-building program beyond the huff and puff of objection. While the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has been […]
Canada Steps Out of Peacekeeper Role and into the Unknown
Canada Steps Out of Peacekeeper Role and into the Unknown The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), intelligence, and border surveillance agencies have drawn hundreds of millions of dollars to “combat terrorism” in a federal budget that made special reference to the murder of two Canadian soldiers in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Ottawa last October. While there is […]
