Review – The Routledge Handbook of New Security Studies
While suffering from some structural concerns, this handbook offers a resourceful journey across an impressive number of ‘new’ security threats.
Review – Churchill and Finland
Through an in depth examination of the Winston Churchill’s relationship with Finland, Markku Ruotsila explains Churchill’s geostrategic interests as well as his anticommunist ideology.
Where in the World
In refreshing the POL 210 course at CEFAM, a series of geography quizzes were added to the pedagogical menu. In the quizes, it became obvious that some students knew very little about where some states were in relation to others.
Did BLACKSEAFOR Ever Have a Chance?
At the operational level, the Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group has been relatively successful. Nevertheless, the goal to serve as a security confidence building mechanism never had a chance to succeed given the nature of the region’s geopolitics.
GPS: Geopolitics and Security – Critical Perspectives From Royal Holloway
e-IR’s latest blog will feature contributors from Royal Holloway who will offer a new distinctive perspective on geopolitical and security research and analysis.
Noopolitik in the Arctic
The Arctic Game is much more significant than a mere geopolitical race between a fractured NATO, Russia and China. It will reveal the maturity, or lack thereof, of all its players.
The Geopolitical Challenge of the Non-Aligned: Iran 2012-2015
The Non-Aligned do not seem to agree on the writing of international relations that assign them the role of a passive agent, and it is precisely from that locus of enunciation that they are posing a geopolitical challenge.
International Response to Bahrain’s Arab Spring
The implications of the Arab Spring on surviving regional powers has been overshadowed by geopolitical and geostrategic interests. Bahrain exemplifies this quagmire.
Review – Theorising Medieval Geopolitics
The medieval era is largely-neglected in IR. Latham’s innovative study stimulates large questions about the relationship between the medieval and modern international orders.
Review – The Future of Power
Nye offers an intriguing analysis of the changing nature of power and how new geopolitical and economic trends will alter world politics in the coming years.
