This post will examine whether unrecognised states really fit such a title, and why it is that unrecognised states remain unrecognised and thus outside of the international state system. This will involve a brief appraisal of the definition of statehood itself, as well as a review of the two main theories concerning state recognition. Finally…

The 9/21 attack on a Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya by the terrorist group, Al Shabab, demonstrates that we share a particular concern with Russia. While they worry about Chechens  returning to savage their homeland after learning military tactics in Syria, Americans ponder if U.S. citizens fighting for Al Shabab in Kenya may return to…

Security concerns in recent times have been at the frontline of discussions both on national and at the international level. Within the span of 10 years from year 2013 backwards, it has been observed that security issues of some nations in Africa has been tampered with which has drawn major outcry to international communities. The question then…

Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started - where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia. Novak Djokovic, world tenis player No 1  In NATO bombing of Yugoslavia which began on 24 March, 1999. more than 2,000 people have been killed and nearly 5,000 wounded. There were severely damaged infrastructure, commercial…

They are terrorist groups who seek to build Islamist states in, as well as out of, non Islamist states.  They justify their murder of innocents as a tribute they pay to a God who apparently only approves of them.  Indeed, their battles are also with various sects of each other..  Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistn, the Philippines, Kenya…

The Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS) has repeatedly warned that illegal migration has shaped itself into a national security threat for the South-Eastern Mediterranean and Balkan region. The widespread internal destabilization of Arab countries (Egypt, Libya, Iraq and recently in Syria) has created the conditions for…

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Although there is much speculation on the nature of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership, most Western scholars view the Sino-Russian strategic partnership as limited, fragile, easily fractured, and not a formal alliance. There was always an assumption that Moscow and Beijing knew what the partnership was even if the outside…

If you decide to take metro train in Washington, DC, you’re most likely to hear a pleasant woman’s voice - “Safety is everyone’s concern” - referring to possibly dangerous lost bags. Although it sounds a little utopian, this phrase really describes one of U.S. key mottoes, which is also used in foreign affairs. In case of…

             Are we approaching a new chapter in Russian-American relations?  Though some American mindsets are congealed in the frigid certainty that a Russia, conceived in despotism, can never overcome its patrimony, we join those who have drawn a different conclusion.   What we…

Thank you, Fox News Panel 5, for pooh poohing people who quote Shakespeare on Twitter. We are deeply flattered, as that was of course us. We turned to Shakespeare in our desperation while watching the White House mismanagement of the Syrian crisis. We also noted how you tried to outdo each other boasting about your trivial literary pursuits while…

In recent days, the official U.S. position on the situation in Syria has experienced certain transformation. As we know, Russia called for putting Syrian chemical weapons storages under international control which must ultimately lead to its destruction. It is worth noting that the Moscow's proposal hit the bull's eye and was more than likely…

Do the peace talks between Japan and Russia, reopened in March 2013 by Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin, have any chance of success? A window of opportunity has indeed opened for an historic rapprochement between Russia and Japan. The two countries have converging strategies and interests with regard to the key issues surrounding energy cooperation and…