Category: Geopolitics

Turkey will launch a new military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria “within a few days,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. This move is likely to further strain ties between NATO allies Turkey and the United States. The Syrian Civil War has been going on since 2011. It began during the Arab Spring protests…

Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has declared his intentions to champion intra-African trade when he takes over as chair of the African Union next year. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a free trade area with twenty-one-member states stretching from…

The US President Donald Trump said that he is willing to intervene in the case of the detained Huawei CFO, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou if it would help secure a significant trade deal with China. Huawei is a Chinese tech company based in Shenzhen that sells smartphones and…

British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she would delay a vote on the withdrawal agreement she negotiated with the European Union. PM May was expected to face a devastating loss in Parliament that would have threatened both her Brexit deal and her political survival. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted…

Two Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers arrived in Venezuela, a deployment that comes amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions. The deployment of these long-range bombers comes just a week after a crucial meeting between Presidents Putin and Maduro. Venezuela is one of Russia’s…

Donald Trump is facing pressure from all corners as he prepares to announce his replacement for John Kelly as White House chief of staff and for the conclusion of the Russia investigation led by special prosecutor Robert Mueller. Donald John Trump is the 45th and current President of the United States. Before entering politics…

A US-sponsored draft resolution that would have condemned the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls Gaza, failed to win the required two-thirds majority in the UN General Assembly on Thursday. The draft received 87 votes in favour, 58 against, 32 abstentions and 16 …

Hit by low oil prices, mismanagement and the impact of US sanctions, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seeking support from Russia. The country already owes Moscow billions, but an increasingly isolated Russia is keeping its friends close. Venezuela is one of Russia’s most…

Saudi Arabia and Russia are on the verge of agreeing on a deal to cut oil production, defying calls from US president Donald Trump to leave the taps open to keep prices low. This announcement comes after the warm interaction between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the Trump administration would begin the formal process to scrap the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty within 60 days unless Russia returns to compliance with the treaty’s terms. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) is the…