Geopoliticus May 6, 2014 Radiological Agitprop in Ukraine? John R. Haines By John R. Haines On Monday 5 May 2014, the Security Service of Ukraine or “SBU” announced the seizure... Read more »
Geopoliticus May 5, 2014 How does the U.S. counter al Qaeda while al Qaeda fights itself? Clint Watts (This is the fifth and final installment of the “Smarter Counterterrorism” series. See Part 1 here, Part 2 here,... Read more »
Geopoliticus April 30, 2014 Obama’s Visit to Asia and U.S. Alliances Felix K. Chang As foreign trips go, President Barack Obama’s visit to Asia in April 2014 was more important than most. It... Read more »
Geopoliticus April 21, 2014 Would jihad’s new generation kill off al-Qaeda’s global leader Ayman al-Zawahiri? Clint Watts In November of 1989, a car passed through a street in Peshawar, Pakistan only to be demolished by a... Read more »
Geopoliticus April 18, 2014 Is Azerbaijan Likely to Have Its Own Maidan? Arzu Geybullayeva By Arzu Geybullayeva Ukraine and Azerbaijan share a similar past in some significant ways. However, what happened in Kyiv’s Maidan... Read more »
Geopoliticus April 13, 2014 Game On: Southeast Asian Cooperation in the South China Sea? Felix K. Chang It is easy for a serviceman stationed on one of the tiny islands that comprise the Spratly group in... Read more »
Geopoliticus April 11, 2014 Recent Elections in Central Europe Alexandra Wiktorek Sarlo By Alexandra Wiktorek Sarlo Two recent elections in the neighboring central European states of Hungary and Slovakia point to... Read more »
Geopoliticus April 2, 2014 Field Notes: Reading Lolita in Kurdistan David Danelo Two European-looking young men are sitting in the back of the minibus, which I boarded at a sprawling... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 22, 2014 ISIS’s Rise After al Qaeda’s House of Cards – Part 4 of “Smarter Counterterrorism” Clint Watts (This is Part 4 of Smarter Counterterrorism, see Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here) Ayman al-Zawahiri must... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 18, 2014 Field Notes: A Protest in Odessa David Danelo Two hundred people are waiting. They huddle in quiet clusters, holding small paper cups of coffee purchased from portable... Read more »