Category: Geopolitics

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 powers of the Arab world. It is an oil-dependent nation with the second-largest…

An attack on a North Korean embassy in Madrid has brought the activities of a fringe activist group to the forefront, although the participation of US intelligence agencies cannot be ruled out. Following the rule of General Franco, the Kingdom of Spain broke out of its diplomatic isolation…

French, German and European Commission leaders met President Xi amidst tensions over trade and security. Sino–European relations were established in 1975. According to the European External Action Service, the EU-China relations aim for cooperation in the areas of “peace, prosperity, sustainable…

The Chinese government’s top diplomat has thanked Kazakhstan for its support for a controversial de-radicalisation programme in China’s far western region of Xinjiang and said others should follow China’s example. The Uyghurs are predominantly Muslims and have regarded…

Russia and China to explore the viability of gas hydrates, a potential energy market disrupter, in the contentious South China Sea. Clathrate hydrates or gas hydrates are water-based crystalline solids in which a host water molecule traps a guest molecule that is typically a gas or liquid…

President Trump issues US recognition for Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights in a move that provides Prime Minister Netanyahu an electoral boost, and Israel a strategic and legal advantage. Israel seized the Golan Heights, a rocky plateau in southwestern Syria…

Sri Lanka signs on to a US$989 million loan from a Chinese state-controlled bank, further entrenching China in the Indian Ocean island. Bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and China are friendly, as a result of historic and cultural ties that date back centuries. In recent years, the two…

France’s “yellow vests” are expected to stage further anti-government protests on March 23 despite the authorities vowing a “zero tolerance” approach after major riots in Paris last week. The yellow vests movement or yellow jackets movement is a populist, grassroots political movement for economic justice that began in France…

Berlin wants to sever the financial and institutional ties between local Muslim communities and the Turkish government as part of a bold campaign to help German Muslims develop a homegrown version of Islam. German–Turkish relations have their beginnings in the times of the Ottoman Empire and have culminated…

The EU must resist French efforts to “politicise” the single market or “copy and paste the Chinese model” of state intervention, Denmark’s prime minister said in a defence of Europe’s liberal economy. Denmark is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations…