Strategy&Future

Jacek Bartosiak and Heiko Borchert talk about strategic flows and the chaos of globalization.

The Russo-Ukrainian War is historical in many senses but in future, it will likely be known as the war that triggered the space race in the 21st century, just as the war in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 spurred and revealed to the world the drone warfare revolution. More precisely, the Russo-Ukrainian War has revealed to the world new principles of space warfare and has triggered more than even a global space race. A century ago, the great powers struggled for control of choke points and domination in the sea, air and land domains because all-domain superiority was the recipe for success. Today, the war in Ukraine shows that without space superiority, there is no way to think about global domination. It is the genuine beginning of the Astropolitics era in human history.

Jacek Bartosiak and Albert Świdziński talk to Jacob Shapiro on the unfolding global geopolitical turmoil and disruptions of supply chains.

Jacek Bartosiak and Nicholas Myers discuss Mackinder, Kennan and Spykman theories’ application in the 21st century, including transformations brought by infromation age and increased connectivity.

Taipei 101 — named after its 101 floors — opened on 31st December 2004, having earlier in the year been recognised as the world’s tallest skyscraper at 509.2 m (spire), 449.2 m (roof height). Under President Chen Shui-bian of the nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who was re-elected in March 2004 after a four-year term, the Republic of China (Taiwan) had begun to distance itself from the PRC.

Jacek Bartosiak, Ridvan Bari Urcosta and Marek Budzisz talk to Andrey Kortunov on the shift in the global order and on multiple challenges that Russia is facing.