Category: Geopolitics

As a result of the trade tensions with the US, China’s manufacturing sector contracted in the end of 2018 for the first time in 19 months. It is signalling a renewed deterioration in manufacturers’ operating conditions amid weakening market demand. China and the United States are engaged in a trade war as each country continues…

Turkey will delay a planned offensive against Kurdish forces in north-eastern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. It is likely that talks with the U.S. president and other officials after the administration’s decision this week to withdraw all U.S. troops from the country influenced the change…

The turbulent negotiation process has left many stakeholders confused about what to expect from Brexit and the post-Brexit environment. 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…

President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 American troops from Syria, bringing a sudden end to a military campaign that largely vanquished the Islamic State. The withdrawal is seen as ceding a strategically vital country to Russia and Iran, which still maintain boots on the ground in Syria. Over the…

The United States and Mexico announced a bilateral assistance program to curb migration from Central America. This signals an early vote of confidence from the Trump administration in the foreign policy of new Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The…

China and the U.S. held vice-ministerial level talks on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing trade dispute as they move closer to meeting in January 2019. The United States and China are two of the largest economies in the world. Both countries consider the other as a partner in trade and n adversary in geopolitics. Diplomatic…

Qatar signalled at the weekend that it was ready to increase its international investments and donations to bolster its overseas standing in the face of an embargo by its Gulf neighbours led by Saudi Arabia. Qatar is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on…

American airstrikes against Islamic extremists, Al Shabab in Somalia have sharply escalated in the recent years. The US is targeting training camps and other sites to reduce Al Shabab’s military capacity. The United States established diplomatic relations with Somalia in 1960, following its…

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind concluded a five-day state visit to Myanmar, during which India sought to synergise its Act East and Neighbourhood First initiative with Myanmar, amid growing concerns of Chinese influence in the country. India established diplomatic relations after Myanmar’s independence…

Shinzo Abe’s government is deciding to purchase Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation joint strike fighter, the F-35. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters. The fifth-generation combat aircraft is designed to perform a ground attack and air superiority missions.