Over the past decade, geopolitical relations among the major powers have deteriorated and the threshold of nuclear use has lowered due to the near-total erosion of arms control, the modernisation of nuclear arsenals in all P5 states as well as a move, by some P5 states, to include “limited nuclear use” in their national security strategies. These…

Yuri Koffner in his RIAC article “Back to the future: German industrial Ordnungspolitik” wants to give Germans advice how to become a hi-tech nation comparable to the USA and China. What he proposes is also Back to the future, the old neoliberal program former German governments had executed for almost 2-3 decades without any success. Tax…

_ Yuri Kofner, junior economist, MIWI – Institute for Market Integration and Economic Policy. Munich, 3 December 2020.Industry (manufacturing) is of the utmost importance for the German economy in terms of macroeconomic value creation, productivity, innovation, and as an employer. The success of the German industry is based on the model of the social…

Cybersecurity is one of the most important subject in the Fourth Industrial Revolution period during recent pandemic World recognised the importance of Digital Transformation (DT). DT brings new cyber risks that could impact the initiative of also smart cities globally. As Cyber threats rising every day that target Digital & physical assets. IoT…

Two articles from the South China Morning Post were really interesting this week: “US needs a hi-tech revolution to combat China,” says General Mark Milley.

Military must adapt to ‘fundamental change’ under way in the character of war

Joint Chiefs of Staff head wants smaller, more capable forces which fully embrace robotics and…

Introduction There is currently a great deal of speculation, some of it emotional and dramatic, by all manner of political theorists and international relations pundits about ‘world disorder’, and a concomitant attempt to set up a world government, or at least to control as much as possible. Some even think that the next world war is being prepared…

“We intend to be kind to everyone. We have many friends. But just as importantly, we aspire to remain ourselves.” Lee Kuan Yen (1923-2015), PM of Singapore (1959-1990)SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS A New Global Governance The effects of globalisation are radically challenging our perception of the world. In order to respond effectively to current…

The planet is shrinking Geopolitics on this diminishing ball in space is not going away. On the contrary, geopolitics is growing to hitherto un-imaginable heights much faster than most people think. Illustration 1: Mega Regions Imagine a possible future world something like this: · The African Union - the world's biggest continental free-trade-area…

Dr. Salam Al Rabadi: Researcher In International Relations. Nov,2020.First of all, when giving an overview of the different conceptual frameworks for diplomacy, a distinction must be made between diplomacy and diplomats, in order to be able to frame the problematics at the level of international relations, It is possible for there to be diplomacy…

There are five interesting events in US-Eurasian relations: First the rejection by the Trump-USA of Putin’s offer to extend the initial START contract by 1 year and Putin’s declaration at the Valdai Club that Russia is now planning a military alliance with China and that he had no worries if China rearms itself and, like the USA and Russia…

Biden is elected – with most of the traditional voters, the electoral college and before the postal vote is counted, which will probably strengthen him. The former Trump TV station Fox News announced Biden’s election victory and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, old establishment Republican as well as George Jr. Bush congratulated Biden on winning…

What does the USA need that only Russia can provide?Reuters © Alexander NatruskinNixon and Reagan were the hardest anti-Communists. They both had political backing in their "Hinterland". Nixon used this to open to China, while Reagan used it to open to Russia. Biden could do the same. Do Biden and Putin "like" each other? Perhaps…