Trump Provides China an Opening in Europe
While Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were busy gathering for a high-profile summit in Helsinki on Monday, a far less publicized...
Russian Strategy and Interests in the Arctic: Cooperation or Conflict?
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the Arctic could hold as much as 90 billion barrels of crude oil, or 13 percent of the...
For Germany and Europe, a Weakened Merkel Power is Less Evil
In October 1980, Margaret Thatcher, then British Prime Minister, claimed “the lady’s not for turning” during a defining speech to her party conference in...
Yugoslavia with Nukes How the Breakup of the USSR Never Ended
Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation have featured heavily in the American news media for a variety of reasons – whether this be the...
European Union Enlargement Challenges After the Lisbon Treaty: Case of Turkey
The European Union (EU) is a supranational organization that transforms its institutional structure according to its needs. Historically, enlargement policy is the best known...
Beyond the Far Right? Centre Right Party Electoral Success on the Immigration issue: The...
The 2008 economic crisis hit a number of European Union (EU) countries by storm, with widespread patterns of electoral volatility and anti-incumbency effects for...
To Make Sense of the Commonalities and Differences Between Today’s Turkey and Russia
To make sense of the commonalities and differences between Turkey and Russia, it is crucial to understand the importance of economic events as well...
In Hungary’s Brewing Conflict with the EU, Orbán Holds All the Cards
The sweeping victory of Viktor Orbán’s increasingly nativist and authoritarian Fidesz in the recent Hungarian elections has sparked both international outcry and a renewed...
How Does Geography Pose a Problem for Russia and Its Relationship with NATO?
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this extended project has always been to open the readers’ eyes as to the complex nature of international relations, in direct...
