While sanctions seem to be the stick in the carrot and stick approach by the United Nations and Individual countries, the effort many times works only to create a longer time table for cooperation as communist leadership, dictatorships and religious theocracies elites are able to still gain access to goods and services through other nation…

Unafraid, Bipartisan, Uphold U.S. and Freedom It looks like no one has the courage to tell you -- but we -- your supporters since July 4, 2015 -- will do so. You must cease calling bloody dictator, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un a “smart cookie” and saying you’d be “honored to meet him.” Flattery will get him everywhere and you nowhere. You…

By Dr. Salam Al RabadiIt must be recognized by the fact that free trade is growing away from the labor market and it leaves a negative impact on this sector. As there are no real globalization with respect to the labor market. On the contrary, there are, although the free movement of goods, services, and capital but various obstacles and restrictions…

India has numerous foreign policy priorities, with ties with the US, China, Russia and Pakistan understandably receiving more attention. At this point of time, one of the greatest challenges which India faces, however, is its relations with Iran. Post the signing of the P5+1 signed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action(JCPOA) commonly known as Iran…

We are Crazy, so Waltz Me Around Again Willy!
A few weeks ago, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson proclaimed the ending of the doctrine of strategic patience with rogue regimes like nuclear North Korea. At the U.N., however, he seemed to be suggesting we can seek a resolution of the crisis through economic pressure and diplomacy. In response, the North…

Does anyone know if Putin or others in Russian elite understand the importance of the Battle of Brandywine as it pertains to today's times? The same question in regards to the Battle was asked to previous American administration, none have yet answered correctly. Current administration has yet to be asked. This was the question given to Reagan by top…

I came to Norway to stir the pot on several critical topics, including what role the Norwegian government might play in helping Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agree to wage peace when they meet privately in Hamburg in July 2017; and what role a revitalized Nobel Peace Prize Committee might play in encouraging peace instead of rewarding war-mongers and…

Imagine that you lead the US deep state, and you are observing the real-time flow of Western technology, industry and next-generation skills to the East with alarm? How will you reverse this trend with one master stroke, and temporarily staunch the decline of Pax Americana? A rapid socio-economic meltdown across Asia might produce this hypothetical…

- Universities websites: a business ticket for the countriesAttracting students from all over the world can be a useful and successful way to gain prestige among the other countries and, to some extents, it can be one of the foreign policy directives of a country: students are enrolled to become part of the élite and most prestigious people of a…

The rising of jihadism in the Balkans represents a big security problem for all the European and Mediterranean community: different estimations show that Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo are two of the main centers of recruitment of foreign fighters directed to Syria, who are joining the ranks of the so-called Islamic State. A 2014 estimation made by CIA…

The establishment of the Strategic Partnership between Russia and the EU back in 1994 was perceived as a huge step in their bilateral relationship. In the early 2000s it even seemed to move forward: in 2003 four EU-Russia ‘common spaces’ were formulated at a summit in Saint Petersburg as Moscow and Brussels agreed to cooperate on the economic…

Introduction: the absence of geopolitical reflexion at EU level The current geopolitical situation is a pivotal moment when the objective of unity in the European project is not working anymore. Liberal and Human rights normative ideologies as the basis of the project are more and more contested by national-realists political parties across Europe. The…