Category: Geopolitics

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken strongly of the need to uncover all the facts of the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi Arabian Consulate. Turkey, whose relations with Saudi have been strained since 2017, has played a crucial role in revealing the details..

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pencilled their signatures under the agreement on comprehensive cooperation and strategic partnership after their talks in Sochi this week. Relations between Russia and Egypt have a long history, dating back to the 16th century. In the 1950s…

India’s decision to buy Russian anti-aircraft weapons might jeopardize a landmark defence cooperation agreement with the United States, senior Republican senators warned this week. The decision might impact the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement or COMCASA and the security and intelligence…

Syria’s main crossing points with Jordan and Israeli occupied Golan Heights have been reopened, years after being halted by war. This represents an important victory for President Bashar al – Assad as he seeks to rebuild the country The Nasib border crossing is an international border crossing between Syria and Jordan. It is the main…

Saudi Arabia is preparing to acknowledge the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a botched interrogation, CNN and the New York Times said on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump speculated “rogue killers” may be responsible. It has been two weeks since Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi…

Secretary of Defense James Mattis played down tensions with Beijing, saying the U.S. was “not out to contain China” and was cooperating whenever possible, but that there would be times they would “step on each other’s toes.” The United States and China are two of the largest economies in the world…

Australia’s prime minister says he is open to relocating the Australian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. On December 6th, 2017, US President Donald Trump pivoted from decades’ long US foreign policy and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel…

Two Koreas agree to push ahead with the road, rail links despite the threat of US and UN sanctions as per UN Security Council resolutions on Pyongyang. The Korean peninsula was divided post World War II in 1945. In 1950, North Korea, supported by China and Russia, invaded South Korea…

British academic Matthew Hedges has been charged with spying “for a foreign state” in the United Arab Emirates, officials said. The 31-year-old was detained at the airport in May as he was leaving the country following a research trip. Mathew Hedges is originally from Exeter and is studying for a PhD…

The UK and EU say key issues remain unresolved following unscheduled Brexit talks in Brussels. 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 off…