Geopoliticus November 13, 2013 Field Notes: Barcelona, Spain American international relations students know Barcelona as the capital of Catalonia, a Spanish province, segregated culture, and aspiring nation.... Read more »
Geopoliticus November 1, 2013 Terrorists are winning in Pakistan On October 10th, 2013, the Taliban sympathetic Nawaz Government, yet again, arrested Former President Musharraf for the crime of... Read more »
Geopoliticus October 21, 2013 Diamond (Still) in the Rough: China’s New Charm Offensive in Southeast Asia In early September, China hosted the 10th China-ASEAN Expo in southern Chinese city of Nanning. There, Chinese Premier Li... Read more »
Geopoliticus October 14, 2013 Zawahiri’s Latest Message: Please Listen To Me Jihadis, Stop Bickering While it’s not uncommon to see Ayman al-Zawahiri wagging his finger in a quarterly or semi-annual propaganda video spewing... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 24, 2013 Upcoming Presidential Elections in Georgia: More Uncertainty and Economic Slowdown to Come? Georgia braces for more political and economic uncertainty as it prepares for the upcoming October 27th Presidential election. This... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 19, 2013 What the Unit Costs: U.S. Federal Reserve Policy, International Currencies, and Military Procurement At first glance, the movement of currencies seems to have little to do with the trajectory of military capabilities. ... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 18, 2013 The Coup That Wasn’t Tweeted: Looking Back At Egypt’s Social Media Revolution Some might say that July 3, 2013 brought the end of the Arab Spring. The Egyptian military unseated the democratically... Read more »
Geopoliticus August 29, 2013 Field Notes: Kinmen Island, Republic of China (Taiwan) The steel sensei bends over the artillery shells and his gloved hands embrace a heavy round. He lifts the... Read more »
Geopoliticus August 7, 2013 External Forces Driving al-Qaeda Action and Zawahiri’s Global Conference Call Earlier this week at FPRI, I proposed the “two competing al Qaedas hypothesis” as a theory for explaining the... Read more »
Geopoliticus August 5, 2013 Al-Qaeda Plots, NSA Intercepts & the Era Of Terrorism Competition This weekend, the U.S. closed 22 of its embassies throughout the Middle East and North Africa in response to... Read more »