The title of Peter Zeihan’s latest book, The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and a World Without America, does an excellent job of summing up the two main themes running through the text. In Zeihan’s mind, the growth of the shale industry in North America, and an American Foreign Policy that is slowly shifting away from … More Book Review: The Absent Superpower by Peter Zeihan
There are many regions in the world which have ongoing territorial disputes between various countries. Some areas have been fought over for centuries, whether due to population, resources, or strategic significance. Some of these disputes are relatively recent, thanks to changing political situations and border revisions. One region, however, is unexpectedly home to a number … More The Geopolitics of the Arctic
In recent years, Ukraine has often been mentioned in the same breath as Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Unfortunately, it has joined the list of countries ravaged by civil war or internal conflict. After years of social turmoil and even revolution throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Ukraine looked, to outsiders at least, to be heading down … More Country Profile: Ukraine
In the opening pages of his 2014 book Political Order and Political Decay, author Francis Fukuyama writes: ‘Political order is rooted in human biology.’ With this in mind, it is worth considering the importance of people when it comes to the development and success of countries. This article will be an analysis of Japan not … More Country Profile: Japan
Canada is a big place. Stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, and extending northward to the Arctic, it is the world’s second largest country when measured by total area. Along with its southern neighbour, the United States, Canada dominates the map of North America. Yet, despite its size, it is dwarfed by its … More Country Profile: Canada
Syria is a word that you can’t avoid these days. On the television, on the Internet, in newspapers – Syria is a country that everyone is talking about. The Civil War that began in 2011 has shown no signs of stopping, and the conflict has drawn in dozens of other nations, many of whom have … More Country Profile: Syria
Armenia is a mountainous, landlocked country with a total population comparable to any major European or American city. It has no coastline, and two of its neighbours have closed their borders to it. Historically, the last one hundred years have been extremely harsh to Armenia and the Armenian people. Geographically, the country seems destined to … More Country Profile: Armenia
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