Category: Geopolitics

A high-profile investment summit in Riyadh later this month is rapidly becoming a fiasco as prominent businesses and media groups have pulled out over Saudi Arabia’s alleged involvement in the disappearance and possible murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Hosted under the leadership of HRH Prince Mohammed…

Trump administration announced that it would sharply restrict exports of civilian nuclear technology to China. US officials claimed was being diverted to power new generations of Chinese submarines, aircraft carriers and floating nuclear power plants. The United States and China are two of the largest…

President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen has re-registered as a Democrat, his attorney has confirmed. Michael Cohen was President Trump’s longtime personal attorney who served as the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) deputy finance chairman until June…

The new US Treasury Department program limits foreign investment in U.S. technology. The program is largely considered to be a tool in President Trump’s arsenal in the ongoing trade war with China. The United States and China are two of the largest economies in the world. Both countries consider..

A week after dissident journalist disappears in Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Istanbul, Turkish officials searched the Saudi Consulate as part of an investigation into his disappearance. Jamal Khashoggi is one of the Arab world’s most prominent journalists and commentators. He has been living in self-imposed…

China has accused ex-Interpol president Meng Hongwei of bribery and other crimes just days after his disappearance drew international scrutiny. Meng was first reported missing in late September after travelling from France to his native China. Meng Hongwei, 64, was named the president of the International…

Abe pledges to promote free trade with Thailand while offering legal and political assistance to Cambodia. Japan is the third largest economy in the world by nominal GDP after America and China. It has the fourth largest purchasing power parity. It is also considered the world’s second largest developed economy. After the…

Ankara will no longer borrow money from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The value of Turkey’s currency had nosedived since January and it has lost more than 40% of its value against the dollar. It hit a record low of reaching 6.30 to the dollar, although it has…

Japan opposes any withdrawal of U.S. forces from the Korean Peninsula in exchange for North Korea’s denuclearization, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterates. The Korean peninsula was divided post World War II in 1945. In 1950, North Korea, supported by China and Russia, invaded…

President Donald Trump signed a new law endangering US assistance to Palestine Authority Security forces. The Palestinian Authority (PA) was formed in 1994 as a consequence of 1993 Oslo Accord. It was designated to have exclusive control over both security related and civilian issues..