Geopoliticus November 1, 2013 Terrorists are winning in Pakistan Private: Raza Bokhari 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 Felix K. Chang 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 Clint Watts 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? Maia Otarashvili 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 Felix K. Chang 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 Clint Watts 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) David Danelo 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 Clint Watts 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 Clint Watts This weekend, the U.S. closed 22 of its embassies throughout the Middle East and North Africa in response to... Read more »
Geopoliticus August 1, 2013 Field Notes: Havana, Cuba I never liked avocados. Despite their increasing popularity as a health food, to me they taste like an oily... Read more »