Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI The focal intangible factors of power and success in war There are four focal intangible factors of power that have a direct impact on the success in war: Resolve: As a very matter of historical fact, all potential […]
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Chinese-Russian Cooperation Is The Key To Afghan Peace
These major countries have pivotal roles to play through the Extended Troika, the SCO, the non-Western alternative financial institutions that they participate in, bilaterally with Afghanistan, and jointly with one another and that war-torn country. China and Russia can help Afghanistan politically, in terms of security, and financially. Chinese President […]
The Yemen Civil War Arms Bonanza
“Making billions from arms exports which fuel the conflict while providing a small fraction of that in aid to Yemen is both immoral and incoherent.” So thundered Oxfam’s Yemen Country Director, Muhsin Siddiquey after consulting figures from the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) showing that members of the G20 have […]
How Yugoslavia Was Wiped Out From The Map (II)
Part I The Serbs and Serbia On the territory of ex-Yugoslavia, no single ethnic group had an absolute majority but the Serbs have been the most numerous nation having a simple majority. According to the 1981 census, the Serbs counted 36,8%, the Croats 19,8% followed by the Muslims (today Bosniaks) […]
How Yugoslavia Was Wiped Out From The Map (I)
It passed exactly 30 years since the first post-WWII “democratic and multiparty” elections in all six Yugoslav republics in 1990. Next year, however, not only that this country did not exist anymore but the Yugoslavs have been faced with a civil war as a result of the post-Cold War “democratization […]
Myanmar: Drawn-Out Peace Or Battle Lines Drawn? (II)
(Please read Part I prior to this article) The first part of the series addressed the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) and the strategic geography resulting thereof, while this concluding section forecasts the three progressively intensifying post-election scenarios for where the polarized tension is headed. Because of its length, it’s divided […]
Myanmar: Drawn-Out Peace Or Battle Lines Drawn? (I)
Myanmar passed an historic milestone on 15 October, signing into effect what its government terms to be a “Nationwide Ceasefire Accord” (NCA) between itself and eight ethnically centered rebel organizations. As positive of a step as this may notionally be towards resolving the world’s longest-running civil war, it’s substantially without […]
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