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Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 20, 2019
India’s crackdown in Kashmir continues
Military roadblocks on Kashmir’s main highway are delaying ambulances carrying patients and leading to confrontations with motorists that occasionally turn physical, residents and medical staff say,…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 20, 2019
US applies pressure on multilateralism
The US, viewing its sovereignty as above reproach, seeks to delegitimize the relevance of the ICC and other international institutions. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a permanent…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 20, 2019
Japan revamps its immigration system
Buoyed by hopes of higher wages yet burdened by loans, Vietnamese youth will be among those most affected by a new scheme to let in more blue-collar workers that kicks off in April 2019. Japan is an…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 20, 2019
Kabul’s expanding ‘green zone’
The ‘Green Zone’ in Kabul is the walled-off compound of embassies and newsrooms, which is set to expand dramatically. It already imposes extreme limitations on its sheltered residents and stokes…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 20, 2019
South Africa’s Blackout Problem
A tropical cyclone in Mozambique that caused the death of over 140 people and also the destruction of electricity and phone infrastructure has affected the power supply in South Africa. The…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 20, 2019
Economists criticize data misuse
Top economists and social scientists studying India have published an open letter expressing alarm at the politicisation of economic data by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, highlighting…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 19, 2019
Israel and Greece setting up radar in Crete
Israel and Greece have decided on building a Long Horizon Radar in Eastern Crete. The project will help the countries keep a check on marine activity in the Eastern Mediterranean. From the formation…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 19, 2019
Anti-Vaccination Movement
Vaccination skeptics have stated that the U.S Government is working with pharmaceutical companies in order to stop them. The government is also hiding the truth on how vaccinations kill hundreds of…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 19, 2019
Return of Neo - Ottamanism
Turkey is emerging as the leader of a new Middle East bloc with support from Russia and Iran. The Ottoman Empire historically known in Western Europe as Turkey was a state that controlled much of…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 19, 2019
Xi Jinping heads to Europe
The Chinese President will make state visits to Europe from this week as he seeks to bolster trade relationships on the continent while trying to end a trade war with the U.S. Xi Jinping s a Chinese…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 17, 2019
Israel launches Gaza strikes
Israeli military aircraft bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early, hours after two rockets were launched at Tel Aviv in the first such attack since the 2014 war. Israel is a country in Western…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 17, 2019
Siberians resist Chinese investment
A Siberian petition to hinder Chinese investment around Lake Baikal gathers momentum amidst greater engagement by Russia and China to form a geopolitical juggernaut. Official relations between China…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 17, 2019
China appeases US trade concerns
China is to implement a new Foreign Investment Law in 2020, seeking to assuage US concerns over technology and intellectual property rights. The law embodies a watered-down version of a 2015 draft by…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 17, 2019
US asserts Freedom of Navigation Rights
The US continues freedom of navigation missions in order to ensure China does not upset the status quo of the South China Sea. The flying of the nuclear-capable B-52 bomber is in response to…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 17, 2019
China willing to talk on terrorism
China said it was willing to have more discussions with all parties concerned including India on blacklisting the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which claimed…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 15, 2019
UK Parliament rejects no-deal Brexit
The U.K. is on course to delay Brexit and open the door to a radical re-write of the terms of its divorce from the European Union after recoiling from an economically disastrous no-deal split. On…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 15, 2019
US ends Yemen war involvement
The Republican-controlled Senate has passed a resolution that would end US involvement in the Saudi-led coalition’s brutal war in Yemen, countering President Donald Trump’s support for the…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 15, 2019
Turkey EU-entry deal suspended
The European Parliament urged the EU to suspend membership negotiations with Turkey as a result of democratic backsliding in the country. Turkey is a transcontinental country located mainly in…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 15, 2019
Global Internet Outage
Facebook, its family of apps and Google services have been affected by global outage triggering disruption to the online business. Outage duration is the period of time that a system fails to provide…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2019
ISIL on the brink, challenges await in Syria
ISIL’s few remaining enclaves are primed to be run over. However, the defeat of ISIL brings with it a number of considerations in regard to the Syrian Civil War. The Islamic State of Iraq and the…