Geopolitics Magazine November - December 2014

Geopolitics & Daily News Magazine Will there be a war/conflict between SCO and NATO? Both sides (members and alliances) have better interests on preserving today's status quo than trying to push things into an armed conflict. All means will be used to avoid this, unless there will be no other way left. In such a case of an armed conflict between NATO and SCO, a logical assumption is that no one will be a true winner. There will be only one left, who will have lost fewer than the other opponent but also gained a lot less comparing to today's status quo. So in conclusion it seems that no conflict might take place even if that means that prevailing and challenging powers have to learn to co-exist and cooperate. References: [1] NATO related details -- http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_67656.htm [2] SCO related details -- http://www.sectsco.org/EN123/brief.asp [3] NATO army decline -- http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303802104579449571957045910 [4] China hosts drills -- http://thediplomat.com/2014/08/china-hosts-scos-largest-ever-military-drills/ [5] India-China dispute -- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/india-china_conflicts.htm [6] Russia-Estonia relations -- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/et-forrel-ru.htm [7] Russia - Georgia war of 2008 -- http://www.crisisgroup.be/tests/georgia_sep08/georgia_pres.html [8] Ukraine crisis timeline -- http://csis.org/ukraine/east1.htm [9] China challenges USA influence -- http://cjip.oxfordjournals.org/content/3/4/381.full [10] Relations between SCO and NATO -- http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/NATO/Lin-Christina/NATO-and-the-ShanghaiCooperation-Organizatio... [11] Senkaku Islands dispute history -- The Dispute Over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands: How Media Narratives Shape Public Opinion and Challenge the Global Order ( by Thomas A. HollihanPalgrave Macmillan, Aug 7, 2014) [12] NATO threatens Russia -- http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/09/05/nato-s05.html [13] is a WWIII imminent? -- http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/01/preventing-world-war-iii/ [14] China votes absence right on Crimean case -- http://www.un.org/press/en/2014/ga11493.doc.htm [15] Joined anti-NATO drills of Russia and China -- http://rt.com/news/182400-sco-military-drills-china/ Ο Αλέξανδρος Νίκλαν είναι σύμβουλος θεμάτων ασφαλείας με πολυετή εμπειρία στον χώρο της ασφάλειας και ανάλυσης πληροφορίας. Έχει εξειδίκευση και πιστοποιήσεις στον χώρο ασφαλείας . Έχει εκπαίδευση στο θέμα της τρομοκρατίας μέσω προγραμμάτων του Maryland (START) University, USA και του Leiden University, Holland σε θέματα ανάλυσης συγκρούσεων και διεθνούς ασφαλείας. Γνωρίζει Αγγλικά και εργάζεται στον ιδιωτικό τομέα επιχειρήσεων ως ιδιοκτήτης του IISCA security group. Έχει πλήθος δημοσιεύσεων σε θέματα εσωτερικής και διεθνούς ασφαλείας. Geopolitics.com.gr all rights reserved 2014 Page 67

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