A full-blown crisis in Libya
Friday, May 27, 2022, 08:02 (GMT+7)
After over 10 years of regime change, deep division, factions in the armed forces, police, the state institutions etc. have become an ingrained disease of this North African country. It might take ages for this economic potential country to heal the consequences of the “Arab Spring” and establish peace and stability.
U.S. calculations in North Korean nuclear issue
Monday, September 20, 2021, 10:00 (GMT+7)
The relationship between Washington and Pyongyang has never been simple as there are considerable suspicion and mistrust between them. Despite a difficult start during Donald Trump’s presidency, the two sides made surprise moves with summits which captured global attention. However, the openness of U.S. leader did not make any further advances in the relationship between the two former foes.
A look back on the world’s political - military situation in the first two decades of the 21st century
Monday, May 31, 2021, 09:11 (GMT+7)
Despite any development in the world’s political-military situation, Viet Nam will remain steadfastness in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation, and development as well as the diplomatic guidelines on diversifying and multilateralising its external relations in order to protect national interests based on the basic principles of the UN Charter and international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Strategic competition between Russia and the U.S. in the Middle East
Friday, May 22, 2020, 07:44 (GMT+7)
In 2015, experts across the globe raised a lot of questions about Russia’s decision on military intervention in Syria. However, in 2019 and especially in the beginning of 2020, the effectiveness of that decision has been proved and Russia’s status in the Middle East has been increasingly raised. That has posed a considerable challenge to the U.S. in the strategic competition in this region
The U.S. Greater Middle East Strategy and its implications
Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 07:11 (GMT+7)
In the national history of America, from the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower (the Cold War) until now, Washington has kept implementing a Strategy for the Greater Middle East in order to comprehensively control this important region. The Strategy has been making impacts on peace, security, and stability of the region and the world as well
The U.S. “Peaceful Evolution” Strategy and Venezuela’s crisis
Wednesday, June 05, 2019, 11:06 (GMT+7)
After its “Peaceful Evolution” Strategy’s success in toppling the socialist regime in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, America has continued to use this strategy to remove the political regime in the countries going against Washington’s leadership role. Among those countries, Venezuela has been at the forefront of US sabotage plan
Multidimensional movements in the Middle East security architecture
Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 08:06 (GMT+7)
Under the impacts of regional and global incidents, there have been multidimensional movements in the security architecture in each region. Middle East is not an exception, yet its outcome is not easy to predict, particularly when it is under impact of various variables.
New development in the war against IS in Syria
Saturday, December 05, 2015, 11:04 (GMT+7)
Recently, when the war against IS in Syria conducted by international alliance headed by the US has not brought about the expected results, prolonging the conflict, Russia has decided to engage by launching air strikes. Russia’s involvement has resulted in a new development in the region.
A glimpse of hybrid warfare
Monday, June 15, 2015, 14:47 (GMT+7)
In spite of being new, hybrid warfare, up to now, has been used in many parts the world. However, as hybrid warfare uses a combination of various methods, not conforming to certain rules and being concealed by many tricks, it is not always easy to be recognized. Moreover, this type of war is manifested in different ways in each country and region; thus, its conception is not yet the same