Will the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Bring A New Era of Multilateralism?

On October 8, 2021 By Lauren GagliardiIn USLeave a comment

This handout picture released by the Russian Foreign Minister on July 14, 2021 shows (L-R) Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, SCO Secretary General Vladimir Norov, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi, …

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Lens of the Past: The Chinese Communist Party, The Masses, and The State

On October 4, 2017 By Lauren GagliardiIn USLeave a comment

Most of us are pondering the future of China-U.S relations. The coming battles over China’s ability to project power in the South China Sea and the race to dictate what constitutes the sovereign usage of weaponized space satellites are important to conceptualize as they constitute issues that will shape the future contours of U.S hegemony. …

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Have Americans Vetoed the Vote?

On November 9, 2016 By Lauren GagliardiIn US

Last night Americans voted their conscience. This was not an election about ideology, values, and policy. It was an election where the populist majoritarians of this country, i.e. apolitical Middle America and the white working class, were overcome with a feeling. A feeling of exuberance that a boorish billionaire will give them their country back, …

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Has Democracy Become Mob Rule?

On October 18, 2016 By Lauren GagliardiIn US

What does it mean to be a citizen of a state? Perhaps this is a question that most people do not contemplate. In modern times, the concept of citizenship is interlinked with natural rights. Individuals are granted political rights by issuance of birth where the state acts as protector of liberty. Natural rights can be …

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Quick View: China in Syria: Is this the marking of China’s regional ascent?

On September 29, 2016November 16, 2016 By Lauren GagliardiIn US

China has entered the Syrian war. Whether it is official or unofficial is not of importance and is only a part of the battle of optics. Rear Admiral in China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy, Guan Youfei, visited Damascus on August 14 and met with both Syrian and Russian military officials. Chinese news outlets cited the …

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Quick Look: A New Power Triad of Russia, Turkey, and Iran?

On August 10, 2016 By Lauren GagliardiIn Middle East

Yesterday was an important day in the strategic realignment of Turkey’s new age power alliance system. Erdogan is attempting to stabilize Turkey’s regional standing after the failed July 15, 2016 coup by traveling to St. Petersburg as his first foreign trip. Erdogan is sending a loud message to the United States that he is willing …

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