Strategy & Policy

03

Apr

America, Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Siege, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, neo-Ku Klux Klownist, racism, right-wing extremism, Trumpism

The specter of Trumpism over America

BY: Mohammad Ghaderi PEJOURNAL - The 2020 U.S. presidential election was not actually a rejection of Trumpism, but a non-white attempt to reject the use of racist tools to win votes. This is while Biden's coming will not necessarily solve anything inside and in this white conflict with immigrant Americans, but rather lead to temporary ignorance of the pain that this wound will do in every election and occasion in the future. The American Bleaching Project theoretically is what Huntington theorized in his book titled “Who We Are”. This project is the same as WASP: A good American is a…

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31

Mar

China, North Korea, Strategic Rivalry, USA

North Korea’s Position in the US-China Strategic Rivalry

BY: Danieal Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - China-US relations have many complexities and dynamics due to the need of both sides to take advantage of mutual capacities. The United States and China are partners as well as rivals. They are rivals in geopolitics and partners in economics. Their cooperation and contradictions become apparent, one of the most important of which is North Korea; China is helping North Korea maintain a strategic buffer zone against US influence. In studies of China-US competition, most researchers have focused on economic issues and less on geostrategic issues and the role of a third player in these…

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30

Mar

Britain, British nuclear activities, Dominique Robb, IAEA, NPT, NUCLEAR

The danger of British nuclear activities for the world security

PEJOURNAL - Under the terms of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Convention, the elimination of nuclear weapons is part of the security of the international system, and member states are committed to working towards that.However, British Foreign Secretary Dominique Robb has called the Boris Johnson administration's plan to expand its nuclear arsenal, necessary for what it calls a "minimum of deterrence". The plan seeks to increase the number of British nuclear warheads from 180 to 260, which is completely contrary to the provisions of the NPT. This British action comes at a time when there are a few noteworthy…

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29

Mar

China, energy corridor, energy economy, Energy Security, energy transit, Europe, gas, geopolitics, Geostrategic, Iran, Oil, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, Russia, Turkey

Geostrategic scrutiny on the construction of a new energy corridor

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Energy has become a lever of burden and pressure that influence international relations and geopolitics. Thus, energy security has been considered vital and important around the world which brings an emergency construction of a tactical strategic energy corridor or passage as a way to guarantee safety-ness. One of the main elements that facilitate world economic development is energy. The pursuit of the world towards development has created unsteadiness and imbalances in the supply and demand of energy. Therefore, energy resource has a major issue that needed an emergency approach to the nations globally. It has…

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29

Mar

baltic sea, NATO, Russia

NATO’s Northeastern Expansion Meets Russia’s Northwestern Border

PEJOURNAL - That German warplanes are within immediate range of Russia’s Kaliningrad oblast (and not much further from St. Petersburg, formerly Leningrad) and that Germany is in charge of a permanent battlegroup formation in Lithuania are topical issues as we approach the eightieth anniversary of Germany’s Operation Barbarossa invasion of Soviet Russia in 1941. When the Baltic states and former Soviet republics Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were brought into NATO in 2004, five years after Baltic neighbor Poland, that expansion consolidated the process of turning the Baltic Sea into a NATO one. The above four nations joined NATO members Denmark…

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27

Mar

China, Euro-Atlantic, NATO, new coalitions, Russia

Russia’s need to new coalitions

PEJOURNAL - These days and following the imposition of various sanctions by the European Union and the United States of America on Russia under various excuses, there are concerns more than any other time over relations between Moscow and Euro-Atlantic. There is a question that the intensification of tensions would have what impact on the previous cooperation between Kremlin and the West? And more importantly, it would create which challenges for Russia in one hand and the Western coalition in the other? The new Euro-Atlantic order against Russia It is not hyperbole if we say the arrival of Joe Biden…

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26

Mar

Biden, Biden administration, China, foreign policy, Strategy, the United States

Biden’s Objectives in Escalating Confrontational Policy with China

PEJOURNAL - One of the most important and enduring facts in the history of international relations has been the rise and fall of great powers. This means that since the formation of the Westphalian system and the modern state, some great powers have always been able to emerge in the position of the supreme power of the international system and take the place of the previous superior states. The United States emerged as a major power after the World War II, leading and dominating the Western bloc. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, based on all objective criteria, the…

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07

Mar

geopolitics, NATO, Neo-Eurasianism, Russia, The Mediterranean

Russian Activities and Policies in The Mediterranean District

BY: Danieal Ranjbar  PEJOURNAL - The Mediterranean Sea, one of the key strategic areas, has long played an important role in the greatest international developments, competitions and world wars. The proximity of the Mediterranean Sea to three continents and proximity to many countries has made this region one of the most important and strategic regions with a special geographical location for Russia. The foreign policy of Yeltsin’s presidency was at odds with the aspirations of Russian nationalists who wanted to restore the world’s supreme power. The idea of ​​Neo-Eurasianism and the reconstruction of the lost position in the areas of…

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05

Mar

China, Crisis, De-Dollarization, Dollar, Global Economy, Marshall Plan, Russia

De-Dollarization: Removing the Dollar, Strategies and Efforts

BY: Danieal Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - From the 1940s, during the post-World War II reconstruction of Europe under the Marshall Plan, the dollar became the dominant international currency. But now, after all these years and the occurrence of several internal developments in the United States and internationally, the dominance of the dollar is threatened. The introduction and gradual strengthening of digital currencies, including bitcoin, was another reason for the removal of the dollar from the financial exchanges of some countries. Russia and China, as the first countries to eliminate the dollar, succeeded in doing so and removing the dollar from their…

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05

Mar

ceasefire, India, Line of Control, LoC, Pakistan

The punching bag called LoC

BY: Durdana Najam PEJOURNAL - India and Pakistan have resolved to honour the 2003 Line of Control (LoC) ceasefire agreement. It has brought to an end almost six years of uninterrupted skirmishes along the border. In between was a major strike. Both the countries entered into each other’s airspace to avenge attacks on their respective soils. India was the first to take the leap. It targeted “terrorists” hiding in Balakot. Pakistan could not take this lying down and threw payloads on Indian territory as well. In the meantime, the captured Indian pilot was released to endorse Pakistan’s intention to have…

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