Transatlantic Policy Quarterly Journal

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Check out 18 Incredible Articles from Leading Professors, Journalists, and Researchers on the Changing World Order, The "New Cold War," and the Influence of Conflict in Ukraine on Global Affairs.

A Year Since the Return of History: A New Cold War? - Turkish Policy Quarterly A Year Since the Return of History: A New Cold War?

"While sanctions have removed much of Iran’s oil and gas off the market and its traditional exports of nuts, dried fruits, rugs, and handicrafts, they have helped the fortunes of producers elsewhere. In turn, they have become a powerful lobby for maintaining sanctions on Iran. Lobbyists for Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia work behind the scenes to maintain the sanctions to dampen any competition from Iran in natural gas and oil and in turn weaken Iran politically. California pistachio growers lobby to keep Iranian nuts out of the U.S.. Of course, there is an army of anti-Iranian regime lobbyists—Israeli, Jewish, Arab- who want tighter sanctions to topple the Tehran regime," writes Professor Emeritus Hossein Askari.
http://transatlanticpolicy.com/blog/100/economic-sanctions--our-modern-day-gordian-knot

"The NATO 2022 Strategic Concept reiterated that strategic concern: “[EDTs]…are altering the character of conflict, acquiring greater strategic importance, and becoming key arenas of global competition. Technological primacy increasingly influences success on the battlefield.” The goal of technological primacy, in turn, yielded an intra-alliance agreement to “promote innovation and increase our investments in emerging and disruptive technologies to retain our interoperability and military edge.” The new strategic concept identified the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China as NATO’s contemporaneous and putative threats, respectively, to the alliance and its member states. Emerging technologies play a key role in shaping the NATO perception of the nature of the threats posed. In the Russian case, the document identified the deployment of “novel and disruptive dual-capable delivery systems” (i.e., hypersonic missiles and cruise missiles) that could lead to fundamental changes in nuclear doctrine and fatally compromise allied nuclear (and conventional) deterrence. The immediate concerns with China are ongoing “malicious hybrid and cyber operations” against NATO member states, but the long-term threat was identified as China’s long-term ambition to control “key technological and industrial sectors, critical infrastructure, and strategic materials and supply chains.” If that goal were to be realized, China would offset or end NATO’s existing margin of technological dominance."
http://transatlanticpolicy.com/article/1145/future-uncertain-nato-in-a-post-quantum-post-ai-world

"Even if Mr. Putin was to achieve all his territorial objectives in Ukraine, that would do little to enhance his country’s security. NATO’s new-found unity, increased strength and more extended border pose a greater threat to Russia than Ukraine’s foreign policy ever did. Russia will emerge from the war more vulnerable than when it initiated the conflict."
http://transatlanticpolicy.com/article/1151/russias-assault-on-ukraine-fallout-from-the-war