Category: Geopolitics
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Munich Security Conference 2019
The 2019 edition of the annual Security conference saw US President Donald Trump attacked from all corners, including key allies, domestic political rivals and even members of his own Republican Party. The Munich Security Conference is an annual conference on the international security policy that has taken place in Munich, Bavaria since 1963. It is…
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US-China trade talks end
US and Chinese trade negotiators will meet again in the last week of February in Washington, President Xi Jinping said, after the sixth round of cabinet-level negotiations ended in Beijing with no sign of substantial progress. The United States and China are two of the largest economies in the world. Both countries…
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Germany arrests Syrian Intelligence Chief
German authorities announced the arrest of a former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officer and two subordinates suspected of crimes against humanity by torturing thousands of victims in detention centers run by President Bashar al-Assad’s security services. Crimes against humanity are certain …..
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India-US trade war next?
India is still hurting from the Trump administration’s imposition of steel and aluminium tariffs and its move to tighten the rules for H-1B visas, which are granted primarily to Indian technology workers. In the 21st century, Indian foreign policy has sought to leverage India’s strategic autonomy in order to safeguard sovereign rights and..
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UAE to boost African start ups
Startups from the UAE and Africa will participate in the first-ever Chamberthon event organised and hosted by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the Africa Tech Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, on February 13-15 2019. United Arab Emirates is a country in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian…
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MBS to visit India and Pakistan
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to announce investments in energy and infrastructure during a visit to India and Pakistan in coming days as part of his efforts to wean the Saudi economy off oil exports.Mohammad Bin Salman is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. He is currently serving as the country’s..
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US and South Korea – Deal on Military costs
South Korea and the United States have struck a new deal that increases Seoul’s contribution for the cost of the American military deployed on its soil, overcoming earlier negotiations that had strained their decades-long alliance. The United States has maintained Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine personnel in ….
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New START to go?
Another U.S.-Russian nuclear pact is in danger following the U.S. move to withdraw from a Cold War-era arms control treaty, a senior Russian diplomat said. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the US and Russia has already been scrapped by both countries. New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)…
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New UN report on Khashoggi murder
The U.N. human rights expert leading an independent inquiry into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Thursday that Saudi Arabia had “seriously curtailed and undermined” Turkey’s attempts to investigate Khashoggi’s killing in the Saudi Consulate in October…
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May’s new tour of Brussels
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Brussels to meet European Union leaders on Thursday, February 7th, as she seeks a way to avoid a no-deal Brexit in 50 days’ time. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union, stunning Europe and the world in general. The EU employs employs…