After Georgia’s Runoff Elections, Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Dream is Georgia’s Total Reality
In the film, “The Candidate,” after Robert Redford’s character wins a seat in the United States Senate, he asks...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
After Georgia’s Runoff Elections, Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Dream is Georgia’s Total Reality
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Geopoliticus
Desperate for Attention: Hung-Xi Meeting Lacks Meaning
On November 1, 2016, Hung Hsiu-chu, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), met with Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the...
The False Promise of Drone Strikes? Ease vs. Effectiveness
Over the weekend, the Pentagon announced that Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) Farouq al-Qahtani (also known as Nayf Salam...
A Second Moroccan Spring?
News articles covering public, mobilized anger at the death of fish vendor Mohcine Fikri have repeatedly, and understandably, drawn...
[Taiwan] Is Not Made In China
Recent incidents continue to demonstrate how the People’s Republic of China is attempting to isolate Taiwan from the international...
One Click at a Time: The Change Agents of the Middle East
The Arabic-speaking world, extending from Morocco in the east to Oman in the west, is changing rapidly. The Arab...
Putting the Battle for Mosul in Context
It has been over two years since the Islamic State sacked the Iraqi city of Mosul and captured much...
Georgian Parliamentary Election Results and Aftermath
[Editor’s Note: This blog entry follows up on the author’s E-Note “Of Georgian Personalities and Politics: European Dreams, National...
Who Benefits from China’s “One Belt, One Road” Initiative?
Under its Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road (commonly known as the “One Belt, One...
Two-and-a-Half Years After ISIS’s Rise: Global Jihad Spreads And Morphs
Today, Islamic State foreign fighters bleeding out of Iraq and Syria power an unprecedented wave of directed attacks on...