NORTH KOREA – HIGH TIME TO GET REAL, PART II
So for Kim Jung-un, or Kim the Third as I have called him, the support for his regime from Beijing and Moscow is absolutely...
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- Mar 7, 2017
The Next Terrorist Attack on the United States?
Robert Giroux / Getty Images / Via gettyimages.com The likelihood of a serious terrorist attack on the US or its assets abroad has...
- Jan 23, 2017
The Gathering Storm
With Donald Trump now sworn in as the American President and Commander–in-Chief, here are some thoughts on where the world may be headed....
- Jan 13, 2017
Part 2 — The Russo-​American Big Energy Orgy: Bringing Big Energy Back
In the first part of this post, I argued that one of the more important back stories of the 2016 US elections was a Russian-​American...
- Jan 12, 2017
Part 1 — The Russian-​American Big Energy Orgy: Big Energy against the Backdrop of the US Elections
Much of the post-​election chatter in the United States has focused on the relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and...
- Oct 31, 2016
Donald and Adolf
Trump and Hitler have much more than hair issues in common. Of course, the America of 2016 is not the Germany of 1933, and Donald Trump...
- Aug 25, 2016
Putin and Erdogan Do a Deal (sort of)
On 15 August, the Russian and Turkish Presidents met in St Petersburg. This was their first encounter since their two countries’...
- Aug 16, 2016
Trump’s Plan B: From demagoguery to violence
At the time of writing, it looks likely that Trump will not win the US presidential election. His numbers are gravitating around 40...
- Aug 3, 2016
Coup, Counter-​coup, Consequences – Part 4: Where do Turkey’s relations with the West go from here?
In the wake of the coup, Erdogan has thrown down gauntlets to the US and the EU that they will have difficulty picking up. First, Erdogan...
- Aug 2, 2016
Coup, Counter-​coup, Consequences – Part 3: The turn towards authoritarianism
The third blog in this series looks at the transition of Erdogan and his AKP party to an overtly Islamist stance It is hard to pinpoint...
- Jul 28, 2016
Coup, Counter-​coup, Consequences – Part 1: The Remarkable Rise of Recip Erdogan
Against the backdrop of the coup in Turkey, this blog looks at the impressive ascendency of the Turkish President. It is the first in a...
- Jul 19, 2016
Brexit and the NATO Summit in Warsaw
Coming shortly after the successful referendum on taking the UK out of the EU, the NATO summit on 8-9 July in Warsaw promises to be one...
- Jun 30, 2016
Ukraine and the Sino-Russian Relationship
This piece served as the basis for a presentation transmitted via Skype from Kiev, Ukraine to Kingston, Canada for a conference organized...
- Jun 14, 2016
The Future of the European Union: A Brexit wrecks it?
Some thoughts on the impact of a Brexit victory for the future of the European Union. The UK referendum on whether Great Britain stays...
- Jun 13, 2016
Ukraine and the Sino-Russian Relationship
How will the relationship between Russia and China affect the future trajectory of Ukraine? This article will appear in a book on the...
- Feb 20, 2016
Reflections on the Sino-Russian Relationship
This article originally appeared at http://www.cdainstitute.ca/images/on_track/On_Track_Winter_2016/On_Track_20.3_-_Law.pdf Whither the...
- Jan 12, 2016
In Defence of Sunnistan: Part 3
This third blog on the situation in the Middle East discusses the proposition to create a Sunni state in parts of Syria and Iraq. On 25...
- Jan 7, 2016
Towards a Grand Anti-terrorist Coalition: Part 2
This second blog in a series of three looks at the ongoing efforts to put together a grand anti-terrorist coalition. January 2016 will...
- Dec 16, 2015
Unsavory Alliances: The Struggle for Power in Iraq and the Levant, and beyond: Part I
If we forget for a moment, the Islamic State (IS), al-Qaeda and their sundry allies and accomplices, there are essentially two alliances...
- Oct 21, 2015
Russia, Syria, Ukraine – and the Rest of the World
Putin’s objectives in Syria have as much or more to do with Russian concerns about developments in the former Soviet Union as with the...
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