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World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 16, 2017
Zuma relinquishes leadership of the ANC
After two terms in office, President Jacob Zuma is set to step down as the leader of South Africa’s ruling party, the Africa National Congress (ANC) after losing a no..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 16, 2017
US Tax reforms
After months of negotiations, it was announced that Republicans had finally struck a deal on the tax overhaul. This includes steep corporate and individual rate cuts..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 15, 2017
China increases interest rates
The Central Bank of China has raised the interest rates. It has raised the seven-day reverse repurchase rate to 2.5 per cent while that for the 28-day reverse repurchase..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 15, 2017
Another financial meltdown?
The value of Bitcoins continues to increase in the markets. It recently crossed $16,000 in value and continues to climb. Experts now have claimed that this has created..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 15, 2017
Missed opportunity for Syria
Syria has blamed Saudi Arabia, Western nations and the UN for the breakdown in the latest round of negotiations being held to end the ongoing civil war. The negotiations..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 14, 2017
Federal Reserve hikes interest rates
For the third time this year, the US Federal Reserve has raised the interest rates by 0.25%. The central bank has noted that this has been introduced as the US economy..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 14, 2017
Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s mistake
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the nation’s largest bank, has admitted to having made mistakes and not disclosing over 53,000 transactions that allegedly..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 13, 2017
China’s Blockchain ambitions
Despite its reluctance in embracing Bitcoins and cryptocurrency, China has made significant investment towards the research of Blockchain. What is the nation’s agenda..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 13, 2017
Another Backlash to Trump
For the first time in 25 years, a Democrat, Doug Jones has been elected to a seat in the Senate from the state of Alabama. He beat Roy Moore, the Republican candidate..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 13, 2017
Democracy in crisis
The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro has announced that he will banning the main opposition parties in the country from participating in the next Presidential election..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 12, 2017
India & the triangular actors
India, China and Russia have emerged as three nations whose geopolitical strengths are to be reckoned with in the global power structure. International theoreticians..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 12, 2017
Asymmetric conflicts
Inequality in arms, indeed, significant disparity between belligerents, has become a prominent feature of various contemporary armed conflicts. Such asymmetries, albeit is not at all a new..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 11, 2017
OBOR & the emerging world order
China’s multi-billion-dollar project One Belt, One Road (OBOR) infrastructure development project is a manifestation of the nation’s ambition. Experts and keynote speakers present at Synergia…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 11, 2017
Reimagining intelligence
The intelligence community has often been blamed for its failure to forecast critical world events from the fall of the Soviet Union to the Arab Spring protests that swept across North Africa and the…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 8, 2017
Argentina ex President indicted
Argentina’s former President Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner has been indicted by a federal judge in the country for treason. The judge has also ordered her arrest..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 7, 2017
China’s looming financial crisis
The International Monetary Fund Instability has sounded an alarm regarding the growing debt-dependency in China. The organization has stated that economic instability..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 7, 2017
The Third Intifada deepens
In December 2017, US President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital. With this recognition, he has overturned decades of official US policy..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 6, 2017
EU blacklists Bahrain, UAE
The European Union has released a blacklist of 17 countries that it has stated are tax havens across the world. Some of the nations that have been included in this list are..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 6, 2017
A genocide
Bangladesh has announced that there is a plan in works to move Rohingya refugees present in the nation to a low-lying island. The country stated that it will begin..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 6, 2017
Follow the money
Reports have emerged that US President Donald Trump’s banking information has been turned over by Deutsche Bank to the special counsel Robert Mueller as part..