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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...
Sep 30, 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 25, 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...
Aug 6, 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 31, 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 21, 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 20, 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 18, 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...
Jul 16, 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...
May 14, 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...
Apr 23, 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...
Mar 4, 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....
Feb 18, 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 31, 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...
Jan 30, 2015
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...
Nov 13, 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 6, 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...
Oct 5, 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...
Sep 12, 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 18, 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...
May 1, 2014
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