Geopoliticus May 5, 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh: A Conflict Entrenched in Nationalistic Propaganda Armenia-Azerbaijan relations are all but stellar. In fact, for those familiar with the region, this is a relationship known... Read more »
Geopoliticus April 6, 2016 A Maelstrom in Moldova On March 27, 2016 thousands of Moldovans marched through the streets of Chisinau demanding reunification with Romania on the... Read more »
Geopoliticus February 29, 2016 “The Rail Baltica” Project: True European Interconnectedness? Russia possesses a tremendous amount of control over the Baltic states’ rail infrastructure—including the ability to cut off all... Read more »
Geopoliticus February 2, 2016 President Obama’s Last State of the Union Speech: An FPRI Primer Tonight, President Obama will deliver the last State of the Union Address of his presidency. This prime time speech... Read more »
Geopoliticus November 25, 2015 The West Needs to Stop Obsessing About Putin Whether the Western media views Russian President Vladimir Putin as losing or winning, as strong or weak, as having... Read more »
Geopoliticus October 26, 2015 Russia returns as al Qaeda and the Islamic State’s ‘Far Enemy’ The Soviet defeat and subsequent withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 left victorious Arab mujahideen adrift. Many retired from their... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 22, 2015 The Eurasian Economic Union’s growth is not good for democracy in the region In August 2015, Kyrgyzstan officially became a full member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), joining Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan... Read more »
Geopoliticus July 6, 2015 The Battle for History: Why Europe Should Resist the Temptation to Rewrite its Own Communist Past Earlier this month the Czech and Slovak governments criticised the airing of a Russian documentary on the Soviet... Read more »
Geopoliticus June 26, 2015 Freedom House Reports Alarming Authoritarian Pushback in Eurasia’s Nations in Transit On June 23rd Freedom House—an independent democracy and human rights watchdog organization—released its annual Nations in Transit report. Nations... Read more »
Geopoliticus June 19, 2015 Romania and Moldova in Political Crises Yet Again Continuous political stagnation is a part of everyday life in Europe’s east it seems. But sometimes that stagnation gives way... Read more »