China: When the Dragon Wakes
Napoleon said that the world should beware the sleeping dragon, lest it awake. In his day, China was not only asleep but lost in a time before modernity.
The Thucydides Trap: A Distorted Compass
Those who seek authority in Thucydides’ writings should proceed with the utmost caution or they may find themselves distorting his ideas like Graham Allison has.
The Rise and Fall of Europe: Unity and Challenge
Union allows the economic domination of a small economy like Greece; it does not allow within itself two competitive monoliths.
Interview – Emily Morris
Dr. Morris discusses Cuba’s economic reforms, the impact of Trump and the Venezuelan crisis on the Cuban economy, and the transition of leadership in post-Castro Cuba.
US and British Foreign Policy from One Regime Change to Another
The US sense of being a sole hegemonic superpower is under challenge, even as it pulls along the UK and allows it to think of their relationship as special.
Theories of Foreign Policy and International Relations
Diplomacy is not new. It has assumed various characteristics in the modern age, but the idea of sending emissaries to another state is old and was common to many cultures.
Review – Baron Trump’s Marvellous Underground Journey
American lawyer Ingersoll Lockwood’s 1893 story about a wealthy young man named Baron Trump provides some interesting parallels to today’s US President, Donald Trump.
Interview – Michael Stephens
RUSI’s Michael Stephens answers questions on the recent referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, Trump’s Middle East policy, developments in Syria and the Iran nuclear deal.
High Stakes for Palestinians: Israel as ‘the State of the Jewish People’?
The recent moves to assert the Jewish identity of the state of Israel, undermine hope for a future resolution of the conflict on the symbolic level as well.
How the BRICS Exert Influence in the Global Politics of Development
The strategies BRICS countries use to cement their rising economic position depend on their particular circumstances and national economic and political characteristics
