Evaluating US-Russia relations: Beginning of a new Cold War?

Relations between the United States and Russia have consistently gone downhill over the last few years before reaching breaking point in March 2014 with the annexation of Crimea by Russia and its support for Russian separatists...
by Sohini Chatterjee
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International Political Forum

Geopolitics at the helm once again: What does this mean for international affairs?

Following the end of the Second World War, the objectives of North American and EU foreign policy changed international politics forever. Rather than questions of the military power of the expansionist Soviet Union, objectives ...
by Esma Mneina
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International Political Forum

Bosnia: The Next Ukrainian Crisis?

Violence is nothing new to Eastern Europe, as the most recent events in Ukraine show. However, there are fears among many analysts that the example of violence used in Ukraine to overthrow governments could be repeated in other...
by Lirsen Myrtaj
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International Political Forum

The Farcical Elections In Syria: Political Theater Amidst Chaos

For the past 3 years, Syria has been immersed in a bloody and complex civil war that has claimed the lives of over 150,000 people. Millions more have been displaced, and it is unlikely that they will be returning home anytime s...
by John Haltiwanger
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International Political Forum

Why Assad Will Not Lose: The Unspoken Consensus On Syria

Commentary on the situation in Syria generally revolves around a handful of well worn subjects; the regime’s use of chemical weapons, how the West finds the regime abhorrent, the fact that Russia and China are supporting such...
by Michael Brown
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International Political Forum

News Of The Latest McDonald’s Closure In Russia “Devastates” Obama

The Russian Internet has a rich tradition of producing fictional accounts of the lives of powerful politicians. The most famous and accomplished author in this genre is undoubtedly Maksim Kononenko, the mind behind Vladimir.Vl...
by Kevin Rothrock
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Neutral Choice: Abkhazia and South Ossetia

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”@intlpolitical” float=”left”][fbshare type=”button”]Neutral documents planned for the citizens of de-facto republics of Abkhazia and South Osse...
by Elene Melikishvili
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