Hungarians Caught Between National Referendum And European Union Migrant Quotas (Scott N. Romaniuk, Benoît Masset, Geopolitical Monitor)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/26092016-hungarians-caught-between-national-referendum-and-european-union-migrant-quotas-analysis/

Iraqi Kurdistan’s Rise As An Independent Energy Player (Omar Mawji, Geopolitical Monitor)

Iraqi Kurdistan and the governing Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is in the midst of a major shift toward autonomy in the northeastern enclave of Iraq. Since the 1970s, the Iraqi Kurds have been struggling for autonomy having faced many internal and external hurdles.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/11042016-iraqi-kurdistans-rise-as-an-independent-energy-player-analysis/

The South China Sea War is Already Over (Robert Shines, Geopolitical Monitor)

Tensions in the South China Sea, specifically the Spratly Islands, are set to continue as the U.S. and China continue playing their game of “chicken” with one another. However, these military tensions between the two powers are only symptoms of the fact that China already perceives the U.S. as the chicken in the region.

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ISIS under Pressure on Multiple Fronts (Geopolitical Monitor)

The eastern borders of the Islamic State (ISIS) statelet are shrinking as the Iraqi army makes its push toward the city whose fall started the current crisis: Mosul.

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Who is Really behind Giulio Regeni’s Murder in Egypt? (Calogero Nicosia, Geopolitical Monitor)

The Italian researcher Giulio Regeni left his apartment in Dokki on 25 January 2016; nine days later he was found dead in a route that connected Cairo and Alexandria, showing clear signs of torture. The Italian authorities who analyzed the body have spoken of terrible violence that the Italian interior minister qualified as “animal and inhuman behavior,” also specifying that this kind of torture would have been conducted by ‘professionals.’

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/who-is-really-behind-giulio-regenis-murder-in-egypt/

Is ISIS Closing in on Europe? (K.N. Pandita, Geopolitical Monitor)

In October 1993, I was in Brussels attending the Socialist Group of European Parliament’s seminar on Kashmir. Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Prof. Bhim Singh were also there. A group from PoK lead by Amanullah Khan of JKLF was also attending. Around midnight, my telephone rang and a local friend on the other end said that Amanullah Khan had been arrested. The Indian government had issued a red-corner letter to Interpol wanting his arrest for the murder of Indian diplomat Mhatre in London. The next day, the British Parliament passed a resolution demanding the Belgian government release Amanullah Khan forthwith. Belgium obliged. I asked my Belgian friend, who, I knew, had close contacts with the Pakistanis how the release came about that soon.

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/is-isis-closing-in-on-europe/

Lithuania Should Find Its Own Way in the EU (Adomas Abromaitis, Geopolitical Monitor)

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on March 17 attended a European Council meeting which focused on the EU’s Annual Growth Survey and the progress of member states in implementing the European Commission’s economic and social recommendations for 2015. One cannot deny that the problems a number of EU countries are experiencing are caused by anti-Russian sanctions.

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/lithuania-should-find-its-own-way-in-the-eu/

Echoes of British Colonial India in Plans to Partition Syria (Shelley Kasli, Geopolitical Monitor)

Russia’s decision to greatly reduce its military presence in Syria, coming as it did with little warning, has left the world struggling for explanations. Russia is to maintain a military presence at its naval base in Tartus and at the Khmeymim airbase. In fact Russia is “withdrawing without withdrawing.”

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/echoes-of-british-colonial-india-in-plans-to-partition-syria/

Colombia on the Verge of Historic FARC Peace Deal (Michael Hart, Geopolitical Monitor)

Colombia is on the verge of concluding a historic peace deal with the left-wing rebel group FARC, in an agreement which would signal an end to the world’s longest-running continuous conflict. Since hostilities began in 1948, many previous negotiation attempts have failed. However, the current peace talks in the Cuban capital of Havana have been progressing steadily since 2012, with both sides having overcome seemingly insurmountable differences to reach the stage where a final accord is scheduled to be signed by the end of March.

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/colombia-on-the-verge-of-historic-farc-peace-deal/

Contradictions Abound at Obama’s Final Nuclear Security Summit (K.N. Pandita, Geopolitical Monitor)

In his Prague speech of 2009, President Obama touched on an important subject for the first time. He talked about security against nuclear terror, meaning the need to nuclear arsenals against falling into the hands of non-state actors. A year later, the first meeting of stakeholders (NSS) numbering no fewer than 53, was held in Washington to deliberate and gradually inch towards a consensus formula of how nuclear arsenals could be safeguarded.

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/contradictions-abound-at-obamas-final-nuclear-security-summit/

Oman: A Beacon of Tolerance in the MENA Region (Omar Mawji, Geopolitical Monitor)

When Westerners think of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) conflicts they immediately reference the religious conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims. It is true that most of the MENA region is split between Sunni and Shia, but often, these splits are more for the purpose of power than religion. Many Sunni nations share close economic relationships with Shia nations and other religions. Thus, in this case, it could be said that economics trumps religion under religious theocratic MENA governments.

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/oman-a-beacon-of-tolerance-in-the-mena-region/

Geopolitics, the State, and Cybersecurity in a Globalized World (Andre Ishii, Geopolitical Monitor)

On February 9th of this year, the Obama administration announced that after a seven year observation of the cybersecurity environment, it was going to establish the Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP). The new cybersecurity plan was formulated to counter the ever-morphing threats and hackings in cyberspace that could potentially have grave consequences for both public and private institutions, as well as the security of individual Internet users.

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/geopolitics-the-state-and-cybersecurity-in-a-globalized-world/

Military Strikes a Potential Boon for Islamic State in Libya (Alessandro Bruno, Geopolitical Monitor)

Five years after the start of the revolution that would lead to war against Gaddafi, Libya is in chaos.

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/military-strikes-would-only-help-islamic-state-in-libya/

UN Sanctions Only Strengthen Kim Jong-Un Regime (Scott N. Romaniuk, Geopolitical Monitor)

Just three years after the enigmatic Kim Jong-un exulted in his third nuclear detonation in February 2013, the regime was successful in exploding what it claimed to be a hydrogen bomb.

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/un-sanctions-only-strengthen-kim-jong-un-regime/

Blame Belgium: How France Ignores Its Homegrown Terror Problem (John Rosenthal, Geopolitical Monitor)

Three months after the November 13 terror attacks in Paris that took 130 lives, the world’s media appears to be more convinced than ever that the root of the evil that struck the French capital on that day is to be located some 300 kilometers to the north in the Belgian capital of Brussels. The idea that the Paris attacks were a “Belgian” operation has indeed become so ubiquitous and ingrained that Belgian authorities have felt compelled to mount a campaign to defend the country’s reputation and the mother of one of the victims who died at Paris’s Bataclan theater has eventhreatened to file suit against Belgium.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/17022016-blame-belgium-how-france-ignores-its-homegrown-terror-problem-analysis/

India Jihadi Groups Splinter As Rivalries Intensify (Balasubramaniyan Viswanathan, Geopolitical Monitor)

The rivalry between Islamic State and Al Qaeda is a well-known fact. Several times in the recent past, Islamic State has openly criticised Al Qaeda and its chief Ayman Al Zawahiri. However, for the first time Islamic State has been openly critical of Pakistan-sponsored terrorist groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba which operate against the Indian state. The head of the Khorasan unit of the Islamic State, Hafiz Sayed Khan based in Afghanistan has stated in an interview published in the latest issue of the Dabiq

http://www.eurasiareview.com/09022016-india-jihadi-groups-splinter-as-rivalries-intensify-analysis/

Oil Price Fallout From Saudi-Iran Tensions (Holly Whitman, Geopolitical Monitor)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/18012016-oil-price-fallout-from-saudi-iran-tensions-oped/

International Travelers Brushing Off the Paris Attacks (Geopolitical Monitor)

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/international-travelers-brushing-off-the-paris-attacks/

India’s Karakoram Conundrum: The Great Game Lives On (Geopolitical Monitor)

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/indias-karakoram-conundrum-the-great-game-lives-on/

Fighting Terror: United We Strike, Divided We Fall (Geopolitical Monitor)

http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/fighting-terror-united-we-strike-divided-we-fall/