R2P and the Responsibility to Receive
In 2005, a UN World Summit that brought together governmental leaders from around the world agreed on a statement that broke new ground...
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- Aug 25, 2015
Knocking on the Door of World War IV
Introduction[1] The world is on a precipice. The international community faces a growing array of situations that could precipitate major...
- Aug 6, 2015
Nukes: never again?
The sixth and ninth of August 2015 mark the seventieth anniversaries of the nuclear bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and...
- Jul 31, 2015
A Typical Evening on Russian TV
The other night as I was watching Russia’s main TV channel, it occurred to me that westerners who are not in a position to access and...
- Jul 21, 2015
Challenges facing the West – Part 5 of the World War IV Series
In this five-part series, I explore the development and scope of what I have termed World War IV. This series is based on my presentation...
- Jul 20, 2015
Strong Points of the West – Part 4 of the World War IV Series
In this five-​part series, I explore the development and scope of what I term World War IV. This series is based on my presentation at...
- Jul 18, 2015
Knocking on the door of World War IV – Part 3 of the World War IV Series
In this five-​part series, I explore the development and scope of what I have termed World War IV. This series is based on my...
- Jul 16, 2015
The Three Rings of Conflict – Part 2 of the World War IV Series
In this five-​part series, I explore the development and scope of what I have termed World War IV. This series is based on my...
- May 14, 2015
Russia’s Victory Celebrations – Militarism and its Uncomfortable Truths
On 9 May 2015, Russia celebrated its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II with a colossal victory parade. While this was an...
- Apr 23, 2015
The End of the Sanctions Regime against Russia?
Does a statement by the head of French Military Intelligence before the Assemblée nationale presage a change in Paris’s support for the...
- Mar 4, 2015
Munich in Minsk?
Image by Dana Dramowicz This blog was originally posted on the website of the Security Governance Group on 3 March 2015. Thoughts on the...
- Feb 18, 2015
Getting Ready for President Putin’s Successor
Picture from the website www.funnyordie.com This blog was carried on the website of the Security Governance Group on 17 February 2015....
- Jan 31, 2015
El acercamiento entre los Estados Unidos y Cuba y su amplia repercusión
Publicado el dia 30 de enero 2015 en el Centre of Security Governance El 17 de diciembre pasado, los Estados Unidos y Cuba anunciaron que...
- Jan 30, 2015
The US-Cuba Rapprochement and its Broader Implications
This blog appeared on the website of the Centre for Security Governance on 30 January 2015. On 17 December, the US and Cuba announced...
- Nov 13, 2014
America’s Chamberlain? Obama and the Challenge of American Power
Neville Chamberlain showing the Anglo-German Declaration to a crowd at Heston Aerodrome on 30 September 1938 If we are honest about our...
- Oct 6, 2014
Kazakhstan: Conflict in the Making? —Part Two
This blog was first published by the Centre for Security Governance on 2 October 2014. In the first part of this blog post on Kazakhstan,...
- Oct 5, 2014
Kazakhstan: Wildflower Rising from the Steppes! —Part One
On the surface, all seems well in this ethnically, linguistically and religiously diverse country of some 18 million, occupying a space...
- Sep 12, 2014
The 2014 NATO Summit: President Putin’s Take
This blog was originally posted on the website of the Centre for Security Governance on 12 September 2014. I have just reread the North...
- May 18, 2014
The Bear and the Panda: awkward but not impossible strategic bedfellows
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on 20 May 2014. This will be the fourth time that the...
- May 1, 2014
First we take Crimea, then we take Brighton Beach (and then Alaska?)
This blog first appeared on the website of the Centre for Security Governance on 1 May 2014. Vladimir Putin’s ideology has three basic...
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