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Alessandro Gagaridis

Alessandro Gagaridis holds a Master’s degree in “International Relations, Professional Focus Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution” from Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). He is a member of Wikistrat’s analytic community, and he also examined issues related with international affairs on his personal website (www.strategikos.it).

NATO Relations under a Biden Presidency

NATO Training Mission-Af, cc Flickr, modified, https://www.flickr.com/photos/ntm-a_cstc-a/5346027296/in/photolist-9moxrU-dS9dPa-9cGQNp-99scXY-99pMEq-99mNux, 111109-N-1159B-299

Could a president Biden put the toothpaste back into the tube and restore faith in the North Atlantic Alliance?

Prospects for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal under a Biden Presidency

cc Flickr Gage Skidmore, modified, https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/48605397927/in/photolist-2h46nqc-zrCFky-2if4uzN-2if1533-2if4udv-2if3t3F-2if14oN-5pR7Gk-2gv9bQE-2gX99DF-2gX8oNP-2gv9ieB-2ivodQE-7f6MAn-ch6i4y-2h88Y5E-2gYyDz2-2if3qdH-2gv9Ld7-ch6i1J-2itrmxZ-2iafYx8-2jx3urd-2gvUMxt-2hTaZ4a-e3q1ox-2h1heYp-2gYxP7E-mHfN3-5praP8-mHfJr-2h46mCL-2hT7phz-2hT9XhW-2hTb31T-2h46wXZ-2hTb35R-mHfPo-2gYyJWV-2hT7syQ-2hTb2XB-2ivoeXz-2hTaYN5-2igHz5y-2gYyLnF-2if11qd-2hT9Wgs-2gYyKLf-2hT7o1r-2hTb1Li

Cancelling the TPP was one of the first moves President Trump made upon taking office. Would the decision be reversed under a Biden presidency?

Nagorno-Karabakh Clashes: Prelude to a Wider War?

A small group of Kansas Army National Guardsmen share ideas and advise soldiers with the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade at a training site near Yerevan, Armenia, July 29, 2015. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Zach Sheely, cc public domain, modiifed, https://www.defense.gov/observe/photo-gallery/igphoto/2001836902/

Much like the July Crisis of 1914, Nagorno-Karabakh is a local conflict with continental implications.

Warfare Evolved: Hypersonic Missiles

cc Flickr Naval Surface Warriors, modified, PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 18, 2018) A Tomahawk cruise missile launches from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) during a live fire exercise, part of Valiant Shield ’18 in the Pacific Ocean Sept. 18, 2018. Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enable real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking, and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land, and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Collins III)

Gauging the strategic impact of a new generation of missiles that defy all known manners of conventional interception.

Backgrounder: What Would a China-India War over the Himalayas Look Like?

cc US Navy, modified, English: Indian Ocean (Sept. 25, 2005) – The Indian aircraft carrier CVH Viraat (R 22) underway in the Indian Ocean as part of exercise Malabar 2005. The exercise is designed to increase interoperability between the two navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between India and the United States. The at-sea exercise includes maritime interdiction, surface events, sub-surface, air events and personnel exchanges. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Shannon E. Renfroe (RELEASED), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_050925-N-0413R-043_The_Indian_aircraft_carrier_CVH_Viraat_(R_22)_underway_in_the_Indian_Ocean_as_part_of_exercise_Malabar_2005.jpg

Though it remains an unlikely scenario, a China-India military conflict could be expected to reverberate far from the Line of Actual Control in the Himalayas.

NATO Arms Sales to Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean Dispute

REUTERS/Osman Orsal, CC Google Images, Modified, https://i.insider.com/5a60755c28eecc6d0f8b560a?width=1260&format=jpeg&auto=webp, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Is NATO accentuating its own internal cleavages by continuing to supply Turkey with weapons?

Warfare Evolved: Quantum Encryption

cc Nasa, modified, public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GPS_Satellite_NASA_art-iif.jpg

Advances in quantum encryption could change the way that modern states conduct their intelligence-gathering.

Backgrounder: Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean Conflict

Santorini, Maggie Meng, CC Flickr, Modified, https://www.flickr.com/photos/snowfish2014/14210200684/in/

Who is backing who in simmering geopolitical tensions over energy deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean?

The Wagner Group: Intrigue, War, and Resource Extraction in Africa and Beyond

cc Flickr, Kevin Rheese, modified

After initial deployments in Ukraine and Syria, the African continent has become the main theater for Wagner Group operations.

The Wagner Group: Origins and Early Deployments

cc Kremlin.ru, http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60797, modified,

First in a two-part series, this backgrounder traces the origins and earliest deployments of Russia’s infamous mercenary outfit: the Wagner Group.

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