China’s Growing Influence in the Caribbean
The question that may be asked of the future is whether China’s loans to countries in the Caribbean might lead to a debt-crisis with infrastructure being handed over to China as countries are unable...
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Bleak See on the Black Sea
Following the latest events in and around the Black Sea, two old questions are reappearing. Both are inviting us for a repeated elaboration: If a Monroe doctrine (about the hemispheric security exclusivity) is recognised...
Book Synopsis: Indian Nuclear Strategy
Confronting the Potential Threat from both China and Pakistan Twenty years after the 1998 nuclear tests and the publication of India’s Nuclear Doctrine, India has continued to face endemic security challenges from both China...
One big and scary storm | Deep running tensions at the Mexican Borders
The latest developments at the USA-Mexico border are fascinating at best, not only because of the deep running tensions exposed but also because of the future that implies. Only 500 hundreds migrants, from South...
EU Military – A far fetched NATO alternative
The French president emphasized the need for a closer European Union (EU) defence union. In an interview with France’s Europe 1 radio, he said “We have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia,...
China’s Arms Sales in the Latin America-Caribbean Region
Over the last decade, China has made remarkable inroads into the Latin American arms market. From almost zero in 2005 to over USD 130 million in 2014, China has carefully and systematically emerged as...
Las rutas de la cocaína
¿Hacia donde va una de las drogas más demandadas del mundo? ¿Qué caminos toma para llegar a destino? ¿Quiénes sus los principales consumidores? Sin duda, estas son las primeras preguntas que surgen cuando...
Putin’s Notorious ‘Chef’ Is Now Meddling Across Africa
The secretive businessman known as Vladimir Putin’s “chef” for his Kremlin catering work is alleged to have helped Russia seize parts of Ukraine, turn the tide in the Syrian war and meddle in U.S. elections. Now...
The alternative to Chinese debt for Africa from Japan and India
China’s sprawling Belt and Road Initiative has made developed nations anxious about losing influence in the developing world. The U.S. and the EU are each advancing their own new strategic initiatives to support development...
The Khashoggi crisis: (Re)Shaping US politics as well as relations with Saudi Arabia
The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have gotten more than they bargained for. The killing has sparked multiple battles that are likely in coming months to shape relationships ranging from that between the...
