On May 21, 2014, just months after the Russian invasion of Crimea China and Russia signed a natural gas deal worth over $400 billion. This heralded a pivot east for Russian business amid ongoing tensions with the West over Ukraine. Though few details of the deal were made public the 30-year gas-export contract was seen... Continue Reading →
As Russian tanks roll into Ukraine, the unfolding crisis reverberates around the world. The war for Ukraine is an indication of the frightening direction of global geopolitics to come. But it didn't look this way just 30 years ago. The long American struggle against global authoritarian threats seemed to have been won with the disintegration... Continue Reading →
No other government is simultaneously detaining millions of an ethnic minority for forced indoctrination as the China Communist Party (CCP). And while other governments commit serious human rights violations, no other government flexes its political muscles with such vigour and determination to undermine the international human rights standards and institutions that could hold it to... Continue Reading →
The Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union was a battle within the Western family. The rising tensions between the US and China is a battle with a different civilization and a different ideology, something the West hasn’t experienced this before.[1] Let's first establish that the US is the greatest upholder of liberty... Continue Reading →
Notes Beyond the Map 