Articles

Opinion – Bad Omens for America after Liz Cheney’s Defeat

Alexander Brotman • Aug 21 2022 • Articles

The perception of the US as a two-party system with only one party committed to democracy and the other engaged in the maintenance of an anti-democratic regime has severe repercussions globally.

The British and the Kyakhta Accords

Matteo Miele • Aug 19 2022 • Articles

For the Russians, the Agreement did not come into conflict with the status of Outer Mongolia defined with the Chinese in 1913, because Urga was autonomous in terms of internal administration and commercial and industrial matters.

Mongolian Independence and the British: The Parallel Negotiation

Matteo Miele • Aug 19 2022 • Articles

In 1914, the British and Tibetans signed the Simla Convention recognizing Chinese suzerainty over Outer Tibet, but also the full autonomy for internal matters of the Tibetan government. The Chinese refused to sign the Convention.

Mongolian Independence and the British: The Chinese Backdown

Matteo Miele • Aug 19 2022 • Articles

The Sino-Russian Agreement of 1913 was to become the model for an Anglo-Chinese agreement on Tibet

Opinion – The West’s Mental Lockdown over Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

Maarten Wensink • Aug 17 2022 • Articles

Can the West really not hang together discussing a more complex narrative in which Russia’s concerns do not constitute just cause for atrocities, but may nevertheless have some basis?

Opinion – As a NATO Member Finland Will Be a Security Provider

Mikael Lohse • Aug 16 2022 • Articles

Many questions arise from the near future harmonization of defence planning activities, such as what Finland’s security policy role within NATO should be.

Mongolian Independence and the British: Twentieth-Century Geopolitical Notes

Matteo Miele • Aug 16 2022 • Articles

The border that passes between autonomy and independence is repeated today in the space of confrontation between the Central Tibetan Administration and the Government of China.

The State of Japan’s Soft Power After the 2020 Olympics

Daniele Carminati • Aug 13 2022 • Articles

In a difficult period in which borders are being shut and dialogue and negotiations are less and less present, Japan’s foreign policy should be aimed at connecting.

London and Mongolian Independence

Matteo Miele • Aug 12 2022 • Articles

In the early 20th Century, Outer Mongolia, freed from the yoke of the Ch’ing Empire, reopened the geopolitical confrontation of Britain and Russia, particularly in Tibet.

The End of the Manchu Dynasty and Tibetan Independence

Matteo Miele • Aug 12 2022 • Articles

The collapse of the empire and an adult Dalai Lama were two conditions which, when combined, gave Tibet the possibility of achieving independence.

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