- 01 January 2018
On Shifting Sands: The Quad and the South China Sea
The Trump administration has re-raised the decade-old geopolitical concept of the “Indo-Pacific” region and is proposing and pushing a so-called “Quad” — a potential security arrangement among the four large democracies of.....
- 06 September 2014
Ukraine joining NATO: West's dangerous geopolitical gambit
In a move that could dramatically spike international tensions and escalate the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the Prime Minister of the Ukraine government in Kiev on Friday submitted legislation to Parliament declaring intention to join the western military...
- 13 August 2013
‘You want your land back?’ : The geopolitics of military bases, empire and independence
The Ministry of Defence's latest threat to keep Faslane as sovereign territory in the event of Scottish Independence should be seen in the context of Britain's imperial history of maintaining military bases against the wishes.....
- 11 February 2013
US to expand assassination program to northern Africa
The Obama administration is discussing the expansion of its drone program into Algeria and other countries in northwest Africa, according to media reports. The preparations to extend the military and CIA “kill lists” takes place amidst....
- 17 August 2013
Kurdish factor to change Middle East dynamics
A new front is emerging in Syria’s devastating civil war as Kurds and al-Qaeda-inspired Jihadist fighters fight a stiff battle for control of northern populated areas. The Democratic Union Party (PYD), a pro-government Kurdish group in Syria.....
- 08 August 2013
Vedanta’s oil: The British oil interest in Sri Lanka
Oil and gas are about to gush out of the sea around Sri Lanka. Vedanta Resources Plc, a UK-listed company, are set to profit from this long anticipated prospect through their subsidiary Cairn Lanka Pvt Ltd. Both the Sri Lankan......
- 05 February 2013
The war on terror and the scramble for Africa
When exploring the reasons for the allied NATO intervention of Libya in an article last year I posed the reader a series of rhetorical questions, the last being, is it because US AFRICOM (The United States Africa Command) needs a boost in North Africa?
