Russia Eyes Latin America
Russia is poised to occupy the diplomatic space created in Latin America by American decline.
Iraq: Divided They Prosper
While it’s expected that it will be the Kurds who separate from Iraq, the real beneficiaries from a break-up of the country would be the Shia. They’re the ones who control 80 percent of the country’s oil wealth, and they would prefer not to share it with hostile neighbors.
Russia Risks Alienating Kazakhstan, Belarus
The Geopoliticalmonitor’s Jax Jacobsen explains how Russia’s recent moves in Crimea may have come at the cost of alienating some of its closest allies.
OPINION: Revolutionary Democracy
Though the list of countries being swept up in a wave of popular uprisings is long and getting longer, pro-democracy activists the world over would be wise to hold off their own celebrations. The wave of ‘people power’ spreading through the Middle East and Africa could just as easily end up hindering international democracy as it could helping it.
Libya and Imperialism
Of all the struggles going on in North Africa and the Middle East right now, the most difficult to unravel is the one in Libya.
Battle of the Seats: Developing Nations and International Arbitration Centers
With new centers cropping up throughout the developing world, big changes are afoot for the international commercial arbitration sector.
Emerging Markets Report (10-05-2018)
After a new sell-off in emerging markets around the world, all eyes are on today’s US jobs report.
Japan feeling the squeeze in East Asia
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to the disputed Kurile Islands off the north coast of Japan will surely set alarm bells off within the Japanese defense establishment.
ANALYSIS: Drone strikes & Euro terror plot
October 6th, 2010 (Geopoliticalmonitor.com) - A recent upturn in US drone attacks in Pakistan is directly linked to intelligence warning of impending Al Qaeda attacks in Europe.
Analysis: How Low Can the Canadian Dollar Go?
The Canadian dollar got a reprieve from the US Federal Reserve yesterday, but it’s one that will ultimately be short-lived.