The aim of this paper is investigating and studying of geopolitical dimensions of Russia in the Caspian Sea. Russian post-Soviet geopolitics invokes euroasianism as its inner rationale and meaning, as a greater good that imbues pragmatic, interest based politics with a sense of mission. Eurasianism as a particular tradition of theorizing Russia’s identity and place in the world has a momentum o...

Prior work has shown the strong presence of regional and spatial context in linkages between regime characteristics and involvement in civil and international con°ict, but no adequate statistical model has explicitly captured these forces. Models that adequately re°ect the interdependence of actors and actions in world politics are faced with di±cult problems of estimation since the classical l...

Prior work has shown the strong presence of regional and spatial context in linkages between regime characteristics and involvement in civil and international con°ict, but no adequate statistical model has explicitly captured these forces. Models that adequately re°ect the interdependence of actors and actions in world politics are faced with di±cult problems of estimation since the classical l...

How will the robot age transform warfare? What geopolitical futures are being imagined by the US military? This article constructs a robotic futurology to examine these crucial questions. Its central concern is how robots - driven by leaps in artificial intelligence and swarming - are rewiring the spaces and logics of US empire, warfare, and geopolitics. The article begins by building a more-th...

This paper will focus on the geopolitical interpretation of religion in international relations. This dimension has historically related religion to politics and politics among nations. More specifically we will analyze the use of religion as a legitimating instrument of political violence, with special focus on the violence emanating from Islamic extremism and terrorism. History of humanity is...

Civil wars and con‡ict can be understood from an economic point of view only if there is incomplete contracting. I examine such settings and …rst discuss sources of incomplete contracting, from geography and ethnic and social distance to external interventions due to geopolitics or the presence of rents. Yet, since war is destructive, the contending parties might normally be expected to settle ...

The new Cold War has arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean. At strategic level, Chinese economic and Russian military assertiveness have led U.S. to think twice about its mistakes, which opened up a power vacuum this geopolitical realm. Until today, seemed use three axes of alliances that emerged as Israeli-based, flexible, benefit-oriented alignments at level regional rivalry. These alignments,...