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Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 5, 2019
Rwanda and Uganda address fallout
Rwandan Foreign minister Oliver Nduhungirehe explained the ongoing border standoff between his country and Uganda. In two tweets posted on his official account, Nduhungirehe clarified that Rwanda’s…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 5, 2019
Venezuela update
The US is discussing emergency aid for Venezuela should the regime of Nicolás Maduro fall, including potential financial assistance alongside official loan programmes from the IMF and other…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 2, 2019
Rise in Terrorism in Africa
Hundreds of United States commandos and other forces are leaving West Africa — despite an onslaught of attacks from an increasingly deadly matrix of Islamist fighters. Terrorism is, in the broadest…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 2, 2019
UNSC in a gridlock over Venezuela
Russia and China vetoed a US resolution on Venezuela at the United Nations Security Council, expressing concerns over external interference in affairs of a sovereign state. A Russian draft also…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 1, 2019
India & Pakistan need to de-escalate
Tensions between India and Pakistan have continued to escalate since the Pulwama suicide bombing by a Kashmiri youth in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 42 CRPF soldiers on February 14. India and…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 1, 2019
Jared Kushner meets Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with U.S. President Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, during the American official’s regional tour to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 1, 2019
Trade war hurdle passed
A key hurdle in the trade negotiations between the US and China has been passed. Top Trump negotiators have said that they have agreed on a trade enforcement process between the two countries. The…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 28, 2019
Sudan’s Bashir tries to end prolonged protests
Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s President, on February 25th unveiled new measures to end a 10 week-long protest. He also made changes to the country’s foreign currency policies. Protests began in Sudan on 19…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 28, 2019
US-North Korea relations moving ahead
President Trump arrived in Vietnam on February 26 to discuss denuclearization with Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, capping off months of threats and weapons tests, recriminations and…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 27, 2019
Labour will back a second referendum
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, announced that his bloc in Parliament would support a second referendum to stop what he called “a damaging Tory Brexit.” The Labour…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 27, 2019
Expectations low for Trump-Kim summit
President Donald Trump will head into his second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un having reframed what would make a successful summit, lowering expectations for Pyongyang’s denuclearization…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 27, 2019
Britain told to decolonise Chagos Islands
The United Nations’ highest court told Britain that it should end its control “as rapidly as possible” over a remote colonial outpost in the Indian Ocean, best known for housing a strategic American…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 27, 2019
Russian TV shows ‘nuclear targets’ in US
Russian state television has listed US military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike, and said that a hypersonic missile Russia is developing would be able to hit them…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 26, 2019
Saudi Arabia promises India investments
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said he expected investment opportunities worth more than $100 billion in India over the next two years. The Crown Prince has just wrapped up his tour…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 26, 2019
Trump to delay new tariffs
US President Donald Trump said that he wants to make a trade deal with Beijing that will be beneficial for both the countries. He also mentioned that there could be “very big news over the next week…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 26, 2019
The end of the Korean War?
United States and North Korea could agree to declare the end of 1950 -1953 Korean war and take steps to establish permanent peace in the Korean peninsula during the forthcoming Vietnam summit between…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 26, 2019
Okinawa rejects US base expansion
Voters in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa resoundingly rejected the construction of a new U.S. military base on their island in a referendum, causing fresh concern for the central government and…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 25, 2019
Food shortages after Brexit?
The European Union expects Britain to seek its assistance to avoid disruption to food imports in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the EU's agriculture chief said. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 25, 2019
Venezuela on the brink of chaos
A massive effort to break President Nicolás Maduro’s blockade of humanitarian aid descended into violence and chaos across the string of border flashpoints, showing both the growing defiance of Juan…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 24, 2019
Lebanon crisis
Hezbollah, an armed Shi’ite group backed by Iran is expanding its influence in Lebanon. The increasing influence could prompt action from Israel or the West. Originally a part of the Ottoman Empire,…