“The Great Game”: Grids and Boxes in Cold War Screen Spaces

China’s Maritime Interest and the Great Game at Seas

Linking China’s interest in the maritime waters arises from the geo-strategic importance of Sea Lines of Communications (SLOCs) vital to the oil supply of the country. China is building strategic relationships and developing a naval capability to establish a forward presence along the SLOCs that connect China to the Middle East and to Africa. The entire stretch includes South China Sea, Indian ...

The small players in great game (case study: Caucasus's Khavanin)

According to its historical background, natural conditions and political geography, Caucasus is made up of a variety of races, followers and cultures of different rituals and religions. Historical links of Caucasus residents with Iranian civilization and culture resulted in their adherence to Iranian governments in equilibrium with Roman, Ottoman and Russian policies. Following the collapse of ...

Monochromatic Boxes in Colored Grids

A d-dimensional grid is a set of the form L 1⁄4 1⁄2a1 × · · · ×1⁄2ad , where 1⁄2t 1⁄4 f1; : : : ; tg and aj is a positive integer for j ∈ 1⁄2d . A d-dimensional box is a set of the form fx1; y1g× · · · ×fxd; ydg for some integers xj, yj with j ∈ 1⁄2d , where xj ≠ yj for each j. We give conditions on the set of d-tuples ða1; : : : ; adÞ so that, for every coloring f : L → 1⁄2c , the grid L 1⁄4 1...

iran and russia in the great game travelogues and orientalism

“grand policies” are based on philosophical foundation of political regimes, and they are related with strategic problems of political system. because of philosophical nature and strategic level of grand policies, it is recommended that they have not to be numerous. in iranian political system, official structure of policy making procedure begins by the expediency council. this council, accordi...

Deterrence in the Cold War and the “War on Terror”