Ukraine War: Why Nato is Refusing to Enforce a No-Fly Zone
By Christoph Bluth
In the pre-war discussions between the US and Russia, Joe Biden warned Russia about the consequences of aggression, but explicitly excluded...
Can Wealthy Nations Stop Buying Russian Oil?
By Amy Myers Jaffe
One option the U.S. and other nations have for ratcheting up pressure on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine...
Russian Sphere of Influence: What is it? What Could It Be?
By Timo Kivimäki
The Russian demand of ending the expansion of NATO to its borders has raised debate in the international media and academia. These...
Nation States Must Comply With Their Responsibility to Protect Ukraine Against the Russian Federation’s...
By Charles H. Camp, Kiran Nasir Gore and Lilia Chu
The UN Charter, signed in 1945, reflects the international community’s collective transnationalist view that unilateral...
Five Essential Commodities That Will Be Hit By War In Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is threatening further disruption to already stretched supply chains. Ukraine and Russia may only account for a small proportion of the...
10 Reasons Why US May Want Russia to Invade Ukraine
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
In recent weeks both US and NATO have been stumbling toward confrontation with Russia over whether the Ukraine will be allowed...
British Imperialism, Religion, and the Politics of ‘Divide and Rule’ in the Indian-Subcontinent
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
I. Introduction
Recently India’s Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi again brought the issues of India’s partition and tried to blame it on...
Connectivity, Connectivity, Connectivity: Has the China-Europe Freight Train Become a Winning Run?
By Xiangming Chen
In “China and Europe: Reconnecting across a New Silk Road” (Xiangming Chen and Julie Mardeusz ’16, The European Financial Review, February/March 2015),...
Philippine 2022 Election Amid Elevated US-China Tensions
By Dan Steinbock
Overshadowed by US-Sino friction and xenophobic rhetoric, the 2022 election campaigns are getting ugly. Old elites hope to derail...
Central Asia Prepares for Taliban Takeover
By Gavin Helf, Ph.D. and Barmak Pazhwak
As U.S. and NATO forces drew down their military presence in Afghanistan this Summer, the country’s northern neighbors witnessed Taliban fighters...