Post-NATO Afghanistan
This forecast aims to push through the rhetorical hyperbole on both sides of the Afghanistan debate, and in doing so provide an objective assessment of what an early NATO exit would entail.
The escalation of AFRICOM
While there has been much ado over the intensification of U.S. operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, developments in South Asia have overshadowed another equally important development: President Barack Obama's escalation of military operations on the African continent.
Double assassination in Guinea-Bissau
Last week, the President and military chief of Guinea-Bissau were assassinated within hours of each other. The double-assassination leaves a power vacuum in the impoverished west African nation, which Latin American drug cartels threaten to replace with a narco-state.
Israel’s gov’t-in-waiting
Both of Israel’s last two senior coalition partners, Kadima, under Tipzi Livni, and Labor, under Ehud Barak, have rejected Likud’s offer to join it in a unity government. With Hamas on the rise in Palestine and Yisrael Beiteinu in Israel, it appears that any near term prospects for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians are dead.
Euro Financial Crisis
The financial crisis that began in Greece last month and spread to other ‘PIGS’ countries (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain) is raising old doubts about the long-term viability of the EU’s monetary union.
War Aims of Israel and Gaza
Israeli and Palestinian power players on both sides of the border calculated that a war would increase their chances of electoral victory, scheduled for early 2009.
One Last Nuclear Dance for the US and Iran
The Geopoliticalmonitor's Zachary Fillingham examines the latest diplomatic overtures between Iran and the United States.
US Missile Defense
The U.S.' planned European missile defense shield, a principal feature of the Bush administration’s foreign policy, appears destined for the dustbin after Barack Obama’s recent presidential election victory.
Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide
The world must never forget what happened in Srebrenica on July 11, 1995.
BRICS Expansion: Gauging Kazakhstan’s Potential
This year’s BRICS summit is set to discuss the potential expansion of the bloc. Would Kazakhstan make the cut?