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Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 6, 2019
Maduro’s presidency questioned
A dozen Latin American nations including Canada are questioning Nicolas Maduro’s presidency in Venezuela as he is soon to begin his second term in power. These nations are urging him to hand over…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 5, 2019
The Red Sea-Dead Sea conveyance
Israel is ready to move ahead with a multibillion-dollar project with Jordan to pipe water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. The project was initiated in 2013 but its implementation was hampered by…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 5, 2019
US warns Iran over satellite launches
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iran to forfeit its plans for satellite launches that the United States says involve technology that could be used in intercontinental ballistic missiles. ICBMs…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 4, 2019
Taiwan and China ‘will be unified’: Xi Jinping
The Chinese President, Xi Jinping asserted that Taiwan “must be unified, will be unified” with China as a rebuke to President Tsai Ing-wen's earlier statement on how her people wanted to maintain…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 4, 2019
Pompeo assures Israel of continued support
The US 'withdrawal' from Syria might not mean the end of all its Syria-related operations where Israel is concerned, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed Washington’s ongoing commitment to…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 4, 2019
Chinese factory activity shrinks
As a result of the trade tensions with the US, China’s manufacturing sector contracted in the end of 2018 for the first time in 19 months. It is signalling a renewed deterioration in manufacturers’…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 31, 2018
Turkey delays Kurdish assault operation
Turkey will delay a planned offensive against Kurdish forces in north-eastern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. It is likely that talks with the U.S. president and other officials after…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 21, 2018
What are the impacts of Brexit?
The turbulent negotiation process has left many stakeholders confused about what to expect from Brexit and the post-Brexit environment. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 21, 2018
US withdraws troops from Syria
President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 American troops from Syria, bringing a sudden end to a military campaign that largely vanquished the Islamic State. The withdrawal is seen as…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 20, 2018
More US-China trade talks soon?
China and the U.S. held vice-ministerial level talks on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing trade dispute as they move closer to meeting in January 2019. The United States and China are two of the…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 20, 2018
Mexico and US to combat migration
The United States and Mexico announced a bilateral assistance program to curb migration from Central America. This signals an early vote of confidence from the Trump administration in the foreign…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 19, 2018
India strengthen ties with Myanmar
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind concluded a five-day state visit to Myanmar, during which India sought to synergise its Act East and Neighbourhood First initiative with Myanmar, amid growing…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 19, 2018
US Diplomats negotiate with Taliban
U.S. diplomats held talks with Taliban delegates on Monday in the United Arab Emirates to discuss ways to end the war in Afghanistan. This is the first instance in the US’s 17-year long war in the…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 19, 2018
US Airstrikes in Somalia on the rise
American airstrikes against Islamic extremists, Al Shabab in Somalia have sharply escalated in the recent years. The US is targeting training camps and other sites to reduce Al Shabab’s military…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 19, 2018
Japan to buy more stealth fighters
Shinzo Abe’s government is deciding to purchase Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation joint strike fighter, the F-35. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 19, 2018
Qatar to boost international investments
Qatar signalled at the weekend that it was ready to increase its international investments and donations to bolster its overseas standing in the face of an embargo by its Gulf neighbours led by Saudi…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 18, 2018
China’s Egypt project falls Through
Talks between Egypt and Chinese builder CFLD for a $20 billion development in the new administrative capital have fallen through over disagreements on how to share revenue from the project. China and…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 18, 2018
US to extradite Fethullah Gulen?
U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Erdogan, that Washington is working on extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed Turkish coup in…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 16, 2018
May threatens EU over deal
The British PM threatened to crash the Brexit deal crafted by the UK and EU over the past two years. She will not accept the deal unless fellow European leaders agreed to discuss changes to the…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 16, 2018
‘New African Strategy’ to counter Russia, China
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton accused Russia and China of “predatory practices” in Africa in a speech on Thursday announcing a new American strategy for the continent that will direct…