Politics
Zak Rose - Nov 07, 12
The Geopliticalmonitor’s Zak Rose examines whether the prospect of a colossal electoral defeat in 2015 may cause the Myanmar government to backpedal on political reform.
Zachary Fillingham - Nov 05, 12
The next rulers of China will be revealed this week, but a clear picture has yet to emerge as to whether the new Politburo Standing Committee will be dominated by the Xi Jinping ‘princeling’ faction, or the Communist Youth League ‘tuanpai’ clique that has rallied around outgoing President Hu Jintao. Whichever it is will have a decisive impact on the next ten years of Chinese government policy.
Saadna Sheriffdeen - Oct 29, 12
Saadna Sheriffdeen examines what makes Iceland an exception in Scandinavia.
Alex Holstein - Oct 23, 12
Alex Holstein speaks on Benghazi and the US elections.
Zachary Fillingham - Oct 15, 12
The Geopoliticalmonitor’s Zachary Fillingham examines why youth unemployment isn’t going away anytime soon, and what this means for the future of global politics.
Zachary Fillingham - Oct 10, 12
The fallout from this week’s damning US House Intelligence Committee report on the national security threat posed by Chinese telecoms has drifted north of the border. The Geopoliticalmonitor’s Zachary Fillingham examines whether these fears are warranted.
Zachary Fillingham - Oct 03, 12
There are plenty of positive signs on both the military and political front indicating that Somalia is about to turn a corner after two decades of instability and conflict. But despite recent positivity, the state’s long-term success will ultimately be decided by the new government in Mogadishu.
Christopher S. Ljungquist - Oct 01, 12
The Geopoliticalmonitor's Christopher S. Ljungquist presents an in-depth look at how the recent "film crisis" in the Islamic world reveals the dissonance between global information flows and institutionally immature Arab Spring countries.
Georgiy Voloshin - Sep 24, 12
Georgiy Voloshin examines the motivations underpinning Russia's push to establish a "Eurasian Union" in Central Asia.
Zak Rose - Sep 21, 12
The government of Myanmar is now faced with a refugee crisis in the aftermath of a month-long descent into violence that it not only failed to prevent, but by many accounts, actively participated in.