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Waves of undersea cables vulnerable to attack

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Every nation, button, house and financial market depends on a massive, unseen hidden web of cables across the ocean floor, that sustains our world, but it’s no longer safe. Power cables and pipelines on the seafloor provide the world with energy. This is the newest battlefield where countries must protect their interests – and the functioning of daily life- while rivals test their limits. From the Baltic to the Pacific, sinister ruptures, mysterious vessels and submarine incursions mark a conflict already under way. Elisabeth Braw captures the fragility of an infrastructure that underpins everything from mortgages to cancer research and … Continue reading Waves of undersea cables vulnerable to attack

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New era of statecraft, its successes, its failures.

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Russia foreign policy analyst Hanna Notte in “We Shall Outlast Them”, tells a story that has long been obscured: that the Kremlin is waging a war not only on Ukraine, but over global order. Blending critical analysis with reportage from over a dozen countries, Notte takes readers on a panoramic journey through this new era of statecraft, with its successes and its failures. From the comedy of Russia’s antics at the UN to the melodrama of the outrageous nuclear threats, Notte renders an astonishing portrait of a newly outwardly-facing Russia. With sensitivity and depth, she shows why the country enjoys … Continue reading New era of statecraft, its successes, its failures.

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Dangers ahead

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Acclaimed Historian and professor of the history of International realtions at the University of Cambridge, Brendan Simms, brings a sweeping study of the past, present and future of the Great Powers revealing changing new rules of global leadership. From the dawn of the modern era to the end of the Cold War, global history was defined by rivalries between Great Powers. In the West, this meant the struggle for supremacy in Europe and the Americas, while in the East, it encompassed those vying for control over the successor states to Genghis Khan’s empire. Between 1989 and the year 2000, Great … Continue reading Dangers ahead

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Ultimate will power

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Today, Europe is fast changing, polarised world dominated by Chinese- American rivalry.  European Union despite its initial successes after the fall of the Berlin Wall, have failed to implement a strategy for success in the twenty-first century. Britain’s exit from the EU has weakened both sides and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown these shortcomings into sharp relief.  How should states across the continent position themselves in the decades to come? David Marsh investigates Europe’s present crisis, from a march of populism, Franco-German malaise and the breakdown of relations with Putin’s Russia. Fault lines are emerging in the monetary union, while the … Continue reading Ultimate will power

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Sanctions do they work?

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The story of Russia’s historic opening to the West (1992-2022), where it succeeded and why it has failed, the impact of war and sanctions, and the prospects for Russia’s future. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 brought a tragic close to a thirty-year period of history that began with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the reopening of Russia to the West after six decades of Soviet isolation. The opening lasted for three tumultuous decades and ended with a new closing, driven by the Ukrainian war, the imposition of Western sanctions, and the Russian responses to them. Thane Gustafson, … Continue reading Sanctions do they work?