Through shaping the West’s views of the USSR and in turn its response via the intelligence he provided, Gordievsky had a strategic impact on the end of the Cold War.
Israel’s policy of deliberate nuclear ambiguity enabled Israel and the United States to continue their crucial relationship and not raise Cold War tensions.
Has China’s cultural and material export led recipients to desire what it does? Focused on South Asia, this essay evaluates China’s notion of and struggle for soft power.
In past years, Polish government was successful in presenting the EU rule of law proceedings as a threat to the Polish nation but was unable to instigate a rally effect.
Assassinations do not only communicate resolve. They serve other functions, too, such as eliminating perceived threats and increasing diplomatic leverage.
During the Kargil crisis, while Pakistan underestimated India’s responses to its transgression, India underestimated the possibility and capability of Pakistan’s advance.
Comparative analysis highlighted how the support of Great Powers with strong alliance-building capacities is a key element to exert statehood in the international arena.
Already in a vulnerable position, North Korean defectors, particularly women, are susceptible to human trafficking. Chinese policy can tackle or enhance this issue.
Are drones instruments or drivers of neocolonialism? Maybe both. Drone warfare gives its wielders means to project “necropower”, but it also reshapes of norms on warfare.
Post-9/11 anxieties and post-invasion hubris among top US decision-makers led to a forceful yet open-ended mission with lofty and vague objectives.
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