Heading into Midsummer: A Geopolitical Overview from a Raven’s Eye View of Norden By Jake Southerland Norway Seeks Tighter Ties with EU Amidst Trump’s Tariffs: A Potential Lesson for the UK? The origins of this historic relationship can be traced back to the 1960s, when Norway founded the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) as an …
Editor’s Note: This contribution is brought to you by Isaac Sackville-Adjei, a recent Master’s graduate from the University of St Andrews. In a changing geopolitical environment, political insights must factor in changes and interactions that go beyond states and countries to understand how insecurity is being generated. With the first entry of this month’s Latin …
Editor’s Note: This piece is brought to you byAamnah Fatima Khan, a recent graduate in Defense and Diplomatic Studies from Fatima Jinnah Women University. She currently works with the Human Rights Research Center (HRRC), focusing on critical issues of human rights violations. Britain and India Deepen Ties with Counter-Terrorism Talks and Landmark Trade Deal Britain and …
Editor’s Note: This piece is brought to you by Azzurra Bassetti, a junior geopolitical analyst with Istituto Analisi Relazioni Internazionali and Master’s graduate in International Relations from the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals. ‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy …
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Editor’s Note: This piece is brought to you by Kateryna Shtepa, a student at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and member of the Ukrainian Association of Foreign Policy Eastern Europe: Diplomatic Maneuvers and the Prospect of a Ceasefire In recent months, developments in Eastern Europe have been dominated by efforts to address the ongoing …
I am Aamnah Fatima Khan, a recent graduate in Defense and Diplomatic Studies from Fatima Jinnah Women University. Currently, I work with the Human Rights Research Center (HRRC), focusing on critical issues of human rights violations. My research interests include strategic stability, geopolitics, arms control, non-proliferation, human rights, and counter-terrorism. I’ll be contributing insights on …
The Return of the Raven: This Month’s Developments in Contemporary Nordic Geopolitics A Monthly Report from the Nordics – 17th May 2025 By Jake Southerland The Special Triangle: Norway’s PM Støre Visits President Trump in Washington På Norsk: Det Spesielle Triangelet: Statsminister Støre Besøker President Trump i Washington Recently, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre …
Having started this season on Security, Strategy and Defence looking back to history and the Grand Strategists of World War II, we end the season looking to the daily updates from Ukraine that inform contemporary strategic thinking. Our guest this week is the Russia Team Deputy Lead and an Analyst for the Institute for the …
Climate change is not only reshaping coastlines and weather patterns, but it is also remapping the future of the human movement. According to the World Bank, over 216 million people could be internally displaced by climate impacts by 2050, a staggering projection that underscores how environmental instability is fast becoming a major driver of human …
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It has been more than three years since Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. In that time, different Prime Ministers, Presidents, and leaders have all tried to grapple with what that means for European security. But security for who? This week’s guest is Dr Jenny Mathers. She began her journey into academia by writing her doctorate thesis …