The recent rapprochement among China, Iran and Russia reveals the emergence of a new,
unexpected, regional strategic triangle with the potential to balance the United States' …

China's role as an arms exporter to the Middle East has received little academic attention
and its connection to the region's growing arms race and security dynamics remains to a …

In the last years, China and the United States of America (US) have engaged in
unprecedented competition in emerging technologies (ETs), in a context of China's growing …

This article analyses how China has overcome the limit of coercion through the use of
Private Security Companies since the end of the Cold War until 2021. For this purpose, the …

Abstract The post-Cold War security structure became increasingly complex and perplexing,
with no longer just a determination of allies and enemies. The emergence of “strategic …

One of the central issues in the Middle East is the security order in the Persian Gulf. Over the
last decades, a number of critically important events such as Iran-Iraq war (1980–1988), the …

Afghanistan is surrounded by four security systems including the Middle East, South Asia,
Eurasia, and Asia-Pacific. It has enacted an ineffective role within these systems over the …