By Dragan Vitorovic A long time ago, in a world not so far away, one controversial strategic thinker wrote a thesis that dealt with the possibility of nuclear annihilation, its consequences, and – what is more critical for this brief reflection – what…

By Dragan Vitorovic Historical events, the ones that mark a crossroad, are always accompanied by important speeches.  Those speeches often start their timeline after being delivered. We could remember “we shall never surrender” decisively delivered by Sir Winston Churchill back in those faithful days…

By Dragan VitorovicThe Greek conservative newspaper “Kathimerini” in its Greek edition on 28 and 29 October, has published a short interview with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Albin Kurti. For most of the interview, Mr. Kurti complaints about the behavior of the Republic…

By Dragan Vitorovic  In a relatively well-balanced text written by Alex Kliment for GZeroMedia,[1] the situation related to Kosovo* is described as unstable and implies the possibility of aggravation of political risk in the short-term.  Most of the media outlets located at the…

 Part two of the article: The War in Ukraine: In a Search for the Efficient Frontier By Dragan Vitorovic  A Geopolitical Stalemate – As the war in Ukraine lasts for more than six months now, it is becoming obvious that Europe could be…

By Dragan Vitorovic  On March 24, 1999, NATO initiated Operation Allied Force, effectively sidelining the United Nations and paving the way for similar interventions by the Great Powers. The unipolar world order, for at least a decade, was reaffirmed. In the midst of…

By Dragan Vitorovic  The Game Theory of Surprise  15 January 2015 – The Swiss National Bank (SNB) abandoned the currency peg to EUR, previously set at 1.2 Swiss francs per Euro back on 6 September 2011. The Swiss franc appreciated immediately 20%, mounting…

“Behold! in various throngs the scribbling crew, For notice eager, pass in long review: Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace, And Rhyme and Blank maintain an equal race; Sonnets on sonnets crowd, and ode on ode; And Tales of Terror jostle on the…

By Dragan Vitorovic  Every financial scandal of medium or big magnitude is necessarily a political scandal. The German Bundestag decided last September to launch a full-fledged inquiry related to the fraud scandal originating from the Wirecard misdeeds. So far it seems that Olaf…