France’s Olive Branch Strategy and the 2011 Ivoirian Crisis
As Africa diversifies its external relations, France has acted under the abode of multilateral institutions in order to advance her geostrategic imperatives.
Iran 1978-1979: Reflections on Intelligence Failure
The failure of the US intelligence community to predict the Islamic Revolution in Iran offers lessons that remain relevant today in the aftermath of the ‘Arab Spring’.
A Tale of Two Partitions: The First Indo-Pakistani War and the Palestine War
The potentiality of statehood provided by partition filled the nation building fervor of Hindus, Muslims, Arabs, and Jews.
Uneven and Combined Development & World Systems Analysis: A Combined Approach
‘World-systems Analysis’ & ‘Uneven and Combined Development’ – when combined & further theorised – provide an illuminating approach to the global system’s functioning.
The 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Wars: Causes of Triumphs and Failures
The different outcomes of the two wars was due to a combination of preparedness, initiative, superpower involvement, military capabilities, and intelligence failures.
The Quiet Collapse of the Soviet Union
Certain factors accelerated the fall of the Soviet Union and caused it to rot from the inside, even though the Soviet leaders’ biggest fear was from the outside.
Signaling and the Olympics
Though impartiality is the goal of Olympism, history has shown us that international conflicts and politics are not put on hold for the Modern Olympic Games.
Sino-US Contestation over Regional Hegemony in the Asia-Pacific
Although a hegemonic transition remains unlikely within the next two decades, the Asia-Pacific will be a region of Sino-U.S. power competition and increasing instability.
Explaining Yugoslavia’s Turn to Non-Alignment
While an instinct for survival dictated the turn to neutralism, it was Yugoslav ideology and unparalleled experience of global affairs that turned them to nonalignment.
Contemporary Boundaries in the Middle East
To ignore the internal dynamics that determined the political boundaries of the Middle East is to overlook the region’s power to shape policy.
