Category: Geopolitics

U.S. diplomats held talks with Taliban delegates on Monday in the United Arab Emirates to discuss ways to end the war in Afghanistan. This is the first instance in the US’s 17-year long war in the country which resulted in the overthrow of the Islamist Taliban government. The US invaded…

Talks between Egypt and Chinese builder CFLD for a $20 billion development in the new administrative capital have fallen through over disagreements on how to share revenue from the project. China and Egypt share an inter-state relation which dates back centuries. Both are the birthplaces for two of the most famous ancient…

U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Erdogan, that Washington is working on extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed Turkish coup in 2016. Muhammed Fethullah Gülen is a Turkish preacher, imam, writer, and political figure. Gülen lives in exile in the United States…

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton accused Russia and China of “predatory practices” in Africa in a speech on Thursday announcing a new American strategy for the continent that will direct American aid to key countries. US President Donald Trump is a polarising figure in world…

The British PM threatened to crash the Brexit deal crafted by the UK and EU over the past two years. She will not accept the deal unless fellow European leaders agreed to discuss changes to the withdrawal package to help her convince the British Parliament. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave…

Australia has decided to formally recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital but won’t move its embassy or recognize East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital until there is a peace settlement between Israel and Palestine. The country will establish a defence and trade office…

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling Myanmar’s expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims a “genocide.” The lower house of Congress also accused the Myanmar military of “crimes against humanity”. The Rohingya are an ethnic…

China has significantly upped the ante in its diplomatic standoff with Canada, not just detaining two Canadian citizens. Beijing is also accusing them of serious crimes and charges that could result in their imprisonment for months with no outside contact. Canada–China relations, or Sino-Canadian relations officially dates…

Kenya will reportedly be named an “anchor” country when the Trump administration unveils its Africa policy. Kenya is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi. Kenya’s territory lies on the equator and overlies the East African Rift, covering a diverse and expansive terrain that extends roughly from Lake…

The Senate voted to formally start debating a measure to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. The could be the first among several bipartisan rebukes of President Trump’s support for Saudi Arabia that senators hope to deliver. The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United…