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Category: Geopolitics

  • India & Pakistan need to de-escalate

    India & Pakistan need to de-escalate

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    Tensions between India and Pakistan have continued to escalate since the Pulwama suicide bombing by a Kashmiri youth in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 42 CRPF soldiers on February 14. India and Pakistan have fought three wars since the countries were formed in 1947 after…

  • Trade war hurdle passed

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    A key hurdle in the trade negotiations between the US and China has been passed. Top Trump negotiators have said that they have agreed on a trade enforcement process between the two countries. The United States and China are two of the largest economies in the world. Both countries consider the other as a partner…

  • US-North Korea relations moving ahead

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    President Trump arrived in Vietnam on February 26 to discuss denuclearization with Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, capping off months of threats and weapons tests, recriminations and rapprochements.The relationship between the US and North Korea has always been fractious. During the….

  • Sudan’s Bashir tries to end prolonged protests

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    Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s President, on February 25th unveiled new measures to end a 10 week-long protest. He also made changes to the country’s foreign currency policies. Protests began in Sudan on 19 December 2018, when the National Congress Party headquarters in Atbara was burned down due …..

  • Russian TV shows ‘nuclear targets’ in US

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    Russian state television has listed US military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike, and said that a hypersonic missile Russia is developing would be able to hit them in less than five minutes. The United States and Russia maintain diplomatic…..

  • Expectations low for Trump-Kim summit

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    President Donald Trump will head into his second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un having reframed what would make a successful summit, lowering expectations for Pyongyang’s denuclearization while eager to declare a flashy victory to offset the political turmoil he faces at home. The relationship between the US and North Korea has always been…

  • Labour will back a second referendum

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    Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, announced that his bloc in Parliament would support a second referendum to stop what he called “a damaging Tory Brexit.” The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of …

  • Britain told to decolonise Chagos Islands

    Britain told to decolonise Chagos Islands

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    The United Nations’ highest court told Britain that it should end its control “as rapidly as possible” over a remote colonial outpost in the Indian Ocean, best known for housing a strategic American air base on the island of Diego Garcia. Chagos Islands are a group of seven…

  • The end of the Korean War?

    The end of the Korean War?

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    United States and North Korea could agree to declare the end of 1950 -1953 Korean war and take steps to establish permanent peace in the Korean peninsula during the forthcoming Vietnam summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. In 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 …..

  • Saudi Arabia promises India investments

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    Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said he expected investment opportunities worth more than $100 billion in India over the next two years. The Crown Prince has just wrapped up his tour of Pakistan and India, signing multiple deals worth billions across both countries….