Is “Catalan geopolitics” possible?
There is no area where the weakness of Catalan national thought is more clearly ostensible than in the absence of Catalan geopolitics. This series…
Summer reading list 2022
We would like to share with you our Summer 2022 reading list! Doomed to succeed – Dennis Ross The strategic alliance between the United…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: how will it affect the Middle East and North Africa?
On February 24th 2022, Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. The incursion, which is still ongoing, has put into question the generally…
The war in Ukraine and the European Union
European Union (EU) observers often write that the evolution of its foreign policy is a function of how it takes advantage of crises. The…
Turkey’s ‘Asia Anew’ Initiative and Antalya Diplomacy Forum
Two key Turkish Foreign Policy platforms played a joint role during March 2021; ‘Asia Anew’ and Antalya Diplomacy Forum. The Antalya Diplomacy Forum was…
Asia vis-à-vis the invasion of Ukraine
The West has presented a united front before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Western audiences may believe that the world is rallying behind us…
France, an enemy of Catalonia?
Principles of international politics Over the last few decades in Catalonia, there has existed a broad tendency to think that nation-states define their international…
When there is a horizon, there is need for strategy
It is commonplace to argue, as I have previously myself, that every country – in this case, Catalonia – requires a strategy. Strategy is…
The Energy Crisis and the Renewables Vanity
It is too early to say whether the emerging energy crisis will be similar in magnitude to the 1973 oil crisis, or whether it…
Russia and Ukraine: the threat of war is real
In October 2021, the CIA began to issue alarm signals regarding a build-up of Russian troops, weapons, and military equipment in the border area…