Geoffrey Wallace, Author at Deutsches Asienforschungszentrum

Posted inin Politics

Erdoğan’s militant partners work with sanctioned Russian Prigozhin to run disinformation campaign amid elections in Turkey

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
April 21, 2023
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7 min

Turkey’s militant, ultranationalist Aydınlık group set up a new outfit to conduct influence operations in Istanbul, apparently in close cooperation with a US-sanctioned Russian...

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Internal Security

Wagner Group and the Evolving Global Threat of Private Military Companies

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
April 19, 2023
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11 min

Amid the rise of great power competition, Russia and China, near peer competitors to the United States, have been working to advance their technology,...

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Opinion

Why the press and the internet must remain uncensored

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
April 18, 2023
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6 min

FROM 1947, Republican Senator Joe McCarthy was able to enthral the US public with the Red Scare, weaponising blacklists and personal attacks for a...

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Featured

Great Powers and Their Allies: The Experience of Global Confrontation

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
April 17, 2023
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5 min

In the event that relations between Russia and its allies were assessed in comparison with similar practices in the United States and Europe, then...

Posted inin Africa
Internal Security

Why two military rivals are in a ‘fight to the death’ in Sudan

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
April 17, 2023
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3 min

Three straight days of conflict between two militarized factions have made once-quiet neighborhoods in and around the capital, Khartoum, feel like a war zone....

Posted inin Europe
Military Affairs

Women barely tolerated in Irish Defence Forces, says report

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
April 16, 2023
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2 min

Ireland’s armed forces “barely tolerates women”, a report into bullying and sexual harassment has found. The report by the Independent Review Group found a...

Posted inin Asia
Featured

Indonesia 2024: Coalition Manoeuvres Heading for A Single Presidential Candidate?

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
April 14, 2023
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3 min

With the 2024 presidential and general elections (GE) just one year away, coalition fever has started in Indonesia. Under current law, the presidential and...

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Politics

Why democratic countries are not prepared to support Ukraine – and some are shifting closer to Russia

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
April 14, 2023
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4 min

After over a year of the Ukraine war, efforts at building a global consensus against Russia seem to have stalled, with many countries opting...

Posted inin Asia
Europe

Central Asia’s Strained Security Architecture

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
April 9, 2023
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8 min

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is a regional military alliance in Eurasia that consists of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Tajikistan. The...

Posted inin Defense
Europe

No Time to Lose: How Germany’s Zeitenwende in Defense Can Succeed

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
April 6, 2023
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10 min

Germany has promised to fundamentally change its approach to defense and security. Yet, the policy so far lacks drive, focus, and strategy. Here are...