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Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 5, 2019
America pressurises NATO members
American believes that NATO members are not fully cognisant of increasing Russian threat in Europe. European powers, for their part, fear a new Cold War. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 5, 2019
US to step up Black sea surveillance
The United States is set to unveil a Black Sea package, adding more warships and surveillance in the old Cold War arena on the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 5, 2019
Facebook struggles to secure its data
Facebook faces another data breach, highlighted by the work of another cyber security firm who are increasingly protecting public privacy and security interests. Facebook, a social media and social…
Elections - Op-Eds - Apr 4, 2019
Chhattisgarh: The mineral hub of India
Chhattisgarh is one of the 29 states of India, located in the centre-east of the country. It is the tenth-largest state in India, with an area of 135,191 km2 (52,198 sq mi). With a 2011 population of…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 4, 2019
Drug prices balloon in the US
Some drug prices have increased significantly in the first three months of 2019. The rise comes amidst intense attention on the American pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical industry as we…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 4, 2019
Myanmar enforces controversial land law
Myanmar’s government has actively been enforcing a land law that evicts, fines and imprisons farmers, in a move that is seen by human rights activists as a reversal of promises by Aung Sun Suu Kyi’s…
Elections - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 3, 2019
Bots helping Netanyahu win?
An Israeli watchdog group has found a network of hundreds of social media accounts, many of them fake, used to smear opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming election and to…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 3, 2019
China major factor in Indonesia’s elections
President Widodo is likely to be assailed by other presidential candidates over perceived softness on China, making China a key factor in domestic electoral considerations. The Republic of Indonesia…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 3, 2019
Turkey out of F-35 program?
The United States has suspended Turkey’s participation in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet program until Ankara cancels its planned purchase of a sophisticated Russian air defence system, the…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 3, 2019
New technology to fight mosquitoes
Researchers, using CRISPR/Cas9, seek to genetically modify mosquitoes to dampen the spread of arboviruses in human populations. Mosquitoes are a group of approximately 3500 species of small…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 3, 2019
Taiwan gets an American boost
Taiwan is set to purchase fourth-generation F-16V fighters from the US, while China continues its incursions into American-allied countries in opposition to US Indo-Pacific policy. The island nation…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 2, 2019
China to regulate opioids
China said it will tighten regulation of fentanyl-related substances as a gesture to the United States, where the synthetic opioid has caused tens of thousands of overdose deaths every year and…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 2, 2019
Merkel enters Brexit fray
Angela Merkel is expected to fly to Ireland to discuss with PM Varadkar about preparations should a no-deal Brexit occur. Chancellor Merkel’s support is critical to PM May’s plans should she seek…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 2, 2019
Chinese jets enter Taiwan strait line
Taiwan has protested what it called a “reckless” and “provocative” flight by two Chinese fighter jets across the so-called median line of the Taiwan Strait, the country said. The relationship between…
Elections - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 2, 2019
Comedian vies for Ukrainian Presidency
Mr. Zelenskiy, a popular Ukrainian comic, mounts a significant lead in exit polls and early counting although he is unlikely to secure an absolute majority. A runoff vote is likely; Mr. Zelenskiy…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2019
Migrants hijack oil tanker
A Turkish oil tanker was hijacked by migrants amidst rising anti-immigrant, nationalist sentiments in Europe. The European migrant crisis is a part of a pattern of increased immigration to Europe,…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2019
Trouble grows for Trudeau
Canada’s former attorney general made public a conversation that she secretly recorded with Canada’s top civil servant, which she took as a veiled threat that she would lose her job if she didn’t…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 31, 2019
Saudi Arabia pursues nuclear technology
The US secretly approves preliminary measures to share nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia, despite domestic and international concerns. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the most powerful…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 31, 2019
Trump fails to achieve his campaign promise
Corporate America brought $664.9 billion of offshore profits back to the U.S. last year, falling short of the $4 trillion President Donald Trump said would return as a result of the 2017 tax overhaul…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 31, 2019
UK’s political nightmare
On the day Britain was supposed to extract itself from the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a third crushing defeat on her exit plan, effectively setting the Brexit process back to…