6. Regions – Page 99

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Culture David Hunter Development Eastern Europe and Russia Expanding Community

Crimea: Russia’s Strategic Link to the Past and the Future

David Hunter explores Russia’s history, and how it relates to the current conflict.

Aren Saakyan Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Peace & Conflict Studies Security Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa

Making Monsters: American Support for Insurgency Groups in the Middle East Backfires

As ISIL expands its control over Iraq, Aren Saakyan argues that the consequences of supporting the Syrian Opposition will be much greater for the United States than the costs of supporting the Taliban during the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s.

Asia-Pacific Jasen Sagman Maritime Nation Naval Issues Peace & Conflict Studies The United States of America

The Elephant at Sea

Jasen Sagman explores how American aircraft carriers have dominated the Pacific Ocean for over sixty years, and China’s vast new array of missiles which seek to turn the tide.

Canada Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Defense Diplomatic Relations Piotr Zulauf Procurement Security Security, Trade and the Economy Technology Terrorism The United States of America

The Economy of Drones and their Proliferation

Piotr Zulauf discusses how drones are changing national economies and how their proliferation will transform the way we wage war.

Diplomatic Relations Eastern Europe and Russia Expanding Community Global Governance Peace & Conflict Studies Zahra Sachedina

Minister-Counsellor at the Russian Embassy to the UK, Alexander Kramarenko, speaks at the Cambridge Union Society

Zahra Sachedina analyzes the Russian perspective on the Russia-West relationship offered by Russian Minister-Counsellor to the UK Alexander Kramarkenko.

Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Peace & Conflict Studies Security Steven Chadwick Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa

Iraq under Siege: The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant

Steven Chadwick discusses the geopolitical implications of an increasingly powerful ISIS.

Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Expanding Community Sophia Alifirova The Middle East and North Africa

Afghan Runoff Election: Large Turnout Amid Allegations of Corruption and Taliban Violence

Approximately 7 million Afghans voted in the 2nd round of the presidential election amid widespread allegations of corruption, threats of violence from the Taliban and ballot shortages.

Defense Diplomatic Relations Eastern Europe and Russia International Law & Policy Kristian A. Kennedy Peace & Conflict Studies Rights Security Society Society, Culture, and Security The United States of America

What would George Kennan think of “Containment 2.0”?

Kristian Kennedy discusses the extent to which Obama’s actions in Russia are a modern application of Kennan’s Cold War policy of containment.

Defense Diplomatic Relations Eastern Europe and Russia NATO and Canada Scott Falls Security Trade

Looking to the East: Canada-Poland Relations

With Stephen Harper’s latest trip to Europe beginning in Warsaw, Scott Falls discusses Canada’s relationship with Poland and how it is affected by the current situation in Ukraine.

Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Daniel Troup Expanding Community Global Governance Society Western Europe

EU Elections: Distinguishing the Far-Right’s Gains

Daniel Troup discusses the recent EU elections and argues that those concerned with rising nationalism should focus on France.