Leaders of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states have repeatedly said that they will follow an independent foreign policy, and would not like to view complex geopolitical issues from simplistic binaries. In the aftermath of the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), during the Presidency …
Read More »Psychological Warfare (PSYOPS)- The Pandora’s Box of Security Issues
The world, functioning in its numerous forms and dimensions, is primarily perceived and misperceived by individuals through the faculty of the human Mind. A factor that creates a significant difference vis-a-vis human beings and other species is the complex cognitive ability possessed by humans. The mind is fundamentally …
Read More »U.S. War v. Russia & China Now a Done Deal: Pentagon’s Chief Weapons-Buyer
Eric Zeusse Bill LaPlante, the Pentagon’s chief weapons-buyer (“Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment”) spoke on November 4th at the neoconservative-neoliberal George Mason University, near the Pentagon, and announced that soon after the next Congress becomes elected on November 8th, the existing Congress will overwhelmingly vote …
Read More »The Missing Piece: Could Independents Influence U.S. China Policy?
In an era where polarization wields enormous clout, more politicians are driven to pander to partisan extremes and stray from the middle. On foreign policy issues, both parties have turned the dial up eleven and played up the “China threat”. However, as a group that has long been …
Read More »«Chip war» against China threatens to undermine America
The Biden Administration has been expanding sanctions against the electronic industry of China. In turn, Silicon Valley companies are being increasingly viewed as a major instrument of big politics. However, the “geopoliticization” of the IT industry on the part of Washington threatens to further undermine the international positions …
Read More »The World After the Hegemony
Tomofey Bordachev Indeed, the question of why inpiduals (in our case, inpidual states) must abide by rules is the most fundamental one in political philosophy. Despite all its imperfection, mankind has not yet invented a way to achieve this, even in minimal volumes, other than to use force. …
Read More »A New World of G20 and National Mobilization of Small Medium Business Economies
Naseem Javed Unless we are bold enough to face harsh realities and seek collaborative solutions; the lollipopians can hide under blankets of political correctness, while ‘seek and destroy’ doctrine gets ready for a diaper-change. The Western Economies are struggling to save themselves from imploding from inside or exploding from …
Read More »The EU’s gas deal with Azerbaijan is strategically short-sighted and hypocritical
Alexander Gale During a press conference in July, the European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen spoke of the need for the EU to ‘diversify away from Russia and turn towards more reliable, trustworthy partners’. She cited ‘Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine’ as a reason to move away …
Read More »“I Believe”: Unseen Intersections of Belligerent Nationalism, Mass Murder and “Metaphysical Fear” in Ukraine
Louis Beres Matters of “Belief”: Aggression, Genocide and Genocide-Like Crimes Ukraine is only the latest manifestation of an age-old connection. More precisely, this Russian-generated spasm of mass murder represents just a tangible reflection of underlying human emotions.[1] In essence, until scholars and policy makers can recognize the root …
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