Category: Geopolitics

Brussels seems to appear more accommodative of the UK while stepping up preparations for an exit. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union, stunning Europe and the world in general. The EU employs a set of policies for its 28-member states that aim to ensure the free movement of people,…

German centre-right leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has called for the creation of a European army in a speech in Brussels that sets out the campaign themes for her CDU party in this year’s elections to the European Parliament. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and liberal-conservative..

A $300 million loan offered by Bank of China to Sri Lanka is facing delays, government officials familiar with the negotiation. The China–Sri Lanka relations refers to bilateral relations between the People’s Republic of China and Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. There is a Chinese embassy located in Colombo and a Sri Lankan embassy…

Along with the US, Canada and a group of Latin American countries, many European nations have recognised Juan Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela. These include-France, Spain, Germany, Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands. Nicolas Maduro took office in 2013. Under his leadership…

The government plans to pay a law firm £800,000 ($ 1,040,000) for advice in case Eurotunnel decides to sue over the effects of Brexit on its business. The Channel Tunnel is a 50.45-kilometre (31.35 mi) rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom, with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France, beneath…

China has written off $78 million from Cameroon’s debt after it failed to repay part of the debt in 2018. The relief comes as a measure to ease economic hardship in central African nation. From 2000 to 2017, the Chinese government, banks and contractors extended US $143 billion in loans to African governments…

US President Donald Trump has no plans to pull out US troops from South Korea, amid speculation that he could offer a drawdown to North Korea in exchange for the progress on denuclearisation. The United States has maintained Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine personnel in South Korea..

British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would be “armed with a fresh mandate and new ideas” when she next meets European Union negotiators over her Brexit deal. May has suffered a string of consequential failures over the past few months and will be looking to fight back after a recent impasse with the British…

A peace deal between the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and 14 rebel groups has been struck after talks in Sudan, officials say. The Central African Republic, which got independence from France in 1960, has always been plagued by violence. The francophone…