Geopoliticalmonitor.com Reports from the Crans Montana Forum
Geopoliticalmonitor.com’s Europe-based Director of Political and Business Risk reports from the Crans Montana Forum's Homeland and Global Security Forum, held in Geneva, Switzerland (October 15-17, 2014).
Congo Resource Wars
This report examines the current war and genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which started in the mid-1990s, placing emphasis on the roles of Western covert operations, corporations and the plundering of resources that has resulted.
Weak China as a Threat to World Security
Those seeing a slowdown in China should bear in mind the words of Masataka Kosaka: “wickedness comes from weakness.”
Japan’s MSDF Reorganization to Focus on Information Warfare
The JMSDF is establishing a Fleet Information Warfare Command to better respond to space, cyber, and information threats, and to boost interoperability with the US Navy.
In Search of Explainable Artificial Intelligence
If AI is to be the engine for a new economic and social revolution, people need to know what’s going on under the hood.
South Sudan: In Search of a Path to Peace
It’s time for the international community to get serious about ending the South Sudanese civil war.
Is America’s Finger Back on the Nuclear Button?
US policymakers are struggling to find the right balance between nuclear non-proliferation and ensuring US strategic flexibility.
What Can Africa’s CDC Learn from the Zika and Ebola Epidemics?
There are several conclusions that can be drawn from the global health response to the Zika and Ebola epidemics.
U.S. Begins to Court Burma
Washington’s recent sea change in its Burma policy continues what is fast becoming a new trend: an American foreign policy that stresses the practical over the ideological.
Protests in Kashmir
Protests in Indian-administered Kashmir have left 15 civilians dead, fueling fears of a repeat of the widespread violence of 1989.