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Libya’s civil war & the importance of strategic sequencing
By: Robert Andrea US Secretary of State John Kerry at a 2015 meeting for the future of Libya in Rome. Source: Wikimedia One of the most overlooked aspects in strategic deliberations is that of...
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Strife Series on National Perspectives in North-East Asian Rivalries, Part I...
By Ashley Ryan Kim Jong-un is primarily interested in the dynasty’s survival, like his father and his grand-father before him ( Credit: CC0 Creative Commons) The view from Pyongyang is...
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Kim Jong-un’s Winter Charm Offensive: Another Attempt of Duping Seoul
By Davis Florick The statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Mansu Hill, Pyongyang (Credit Image: J.A. de Roo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons) While North Korea’s participation in the...
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The Cyber Espionage Predominant Purpose Test
By Jessica “Zhanna” Malekos Smith Credit Image: Wikimedia Commons (picture modified by the author) While ‘spying’ may strike some as indecorous state behaviour, it is essentially akin to a bodily...
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Sino-North Korean relationship: a rivalry in brewing?
By Yiming Yu The Sino-DPRK relationship has arguably gradually declined (Credit Image: 38north.org) Interactions between China and North Korea always attract attention, particularly in the time of...
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Saudi Arabia: The Wind of Change?
By Roisin Murray Bin Salman ushers in a new era for Saudi Arabia? With a historical legacy as the foremost theocratic state in the Sunni Muslim sphere, political developments in Saudi Arabia that...
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NATO is wounded, this Summit could break it
By Dr Zachary Wolfraim NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the Summit (Credit Image: NATO HQ) In light of the recent chaos consuming British politics and the looming NATO summit, I...
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Feature – The Nuclear Dimension: Pathways of Proliferation and Failings in...
by Leonardo Palma Colonel Muhammar al-Qadhafi, Leader of the Libyan Jamahiriya from 1969 until 2011 (Image credit: Wikimedia) The Libyan nuclear weapons program started in the 1970s and lasted for...
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Strife Series on Human Rights, Security, and Diplomacy in the Asia Pacific –...
by Anna Tan (Image Credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Editorial In recent years, the world has seen a rising number of civil protests and movements globally. The eruption of the Hong Kong crisis in...
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The problems with calculating influence: the story of the Belt and Road...
By Katherine Nichols Image Credit: Illustration by Andrew Rae in ‘What the World’s Emptiest International Airport SaysAbout China’s Influence’, New York Times, 13 September 2017. ‘Unfavorable views...
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