Category: Geopolitics
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Australia’s Pacific ‘Step-up’ Policy
Australia turns to Pacific Island States to shore up its defenses against what is its most pertinent geopolitical threat; China. In China’s quest to secure its borders and project its power beyond its boundaries, a renewed emphasis has been placed on the Pacific Ocean. China has demonstrated its ambition to assume the mantle of a…
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UK secures Ireland border deal
British PM Theresa May has agreed to a “legally binding” deal with the EU around the Northern Ireland ‘backstop’ to secure Brexit and will put that to a vote in the Parliament on Tuesday. Talks with EU leaders are ongoing. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union, stunning Europe and…
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Babiš looks to bolster image with Trump meeting
Babiš visited the White House seeking to bolster his domestic image. Trump and Babiš share a number of similarities and are likely to find common ground. The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Poland. As a member of the European Union…
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Guadio seeks to galvanize domestic and international support
Opposition leader, Juan Guaido remains free following his drive to secure support from Venezuela’s neighbours. Guaido increases pressure on Nicholas Maduro by calling for a civic strike among public sector workers. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is situated in northwest South America and possesses the…
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Kramp-Karrenbauer warns on ‘European centralism’
The leader of Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats has warned against “European centralism”, in the first substantive German response to French president Emmanuel Macron proposals for a “European Renaissance”. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer….
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Hungary against EU’s Immigration Policies
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that a break-up of the European Union would be inevitable due to the imposition of pro-immigration policies. Since the 1950s, many nations in Africa have suffered civil wars and ethnic strife, thus generating a massive number of refugees…
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Erdogan confirms S-400 deal
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan broke his silence over a U.S. threat to punish Turkey with sanctions should it buy an advanced Russian S-400 missile-defence system, saying the purchase is a “done deal.” One of Turkey’s most important international relationships has been with the United States since the end of the Second…
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EU urges tariff cuts
The European Union’s chief trade negotiator urged President Donald Trump to stop imposing tariffs on the bloc if he wants the EU to help the United States pressure China to abide by rules governing the global economy. The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 28-member states that are located primarily in…
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May’s plan to avoid “Hard border”
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s government outlined steps to develop technology to keep the Irish border open after Brexit even if Britain is unable to negotiate a trade deal with the European Union. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union, stunning Europe and the world in general. The EU employs…
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Saudi Arabia faces censure at U.N Rights forum
European countries have urged Saudi Arabia to release detained activists and to co-operate with the U.N led probe into the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Jamal Khashoggi was one of the Arab world’s most prominent journalists and commentators. He was living in self-imposed exile …..