Category: Geopolitics

The United States is terminating the Treaty of Amity reached with Iran in pre-revolutionary days, calling it an “absolute absurdity” given the tensions between the two countries. The United States and Iran do not have any formal diplomatic relations or ties. The two nations share an acrimonious…

The USS Decatur was conducting a Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP) near the Spratly islands when the Chinese warship came “within yards” of the American ship. The South China Sea is at the heart of a land and water dispute between China, the United States…

The United States has warned India against a planned purchase of S-400 surface-to-air missiles from Russia when President Vladimir Putin visits New Delhi this week. India has long maintained cordial relations with Russia since Independence through a non-aligned strategy. This neutral approach has been…

Seoul is proposing that the United States hold off on a demand for an inventory of North Korea’s nuclear weapons. Instead, South Korea is asking the US to accept the verified closure of a key North Korean nuclear facility as a next step in the negotiations. The Korean…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered the US to ease sanctions it re-imposed on Iran after abandoning a nuclear deal in May. Iran is no stranger to intense economic pressure. It has weathered US sanctions for nearly four decades. With the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the United States…

France has accused Iran’s intelligence services of involvement in a foiled bombing attack that targeted a meeting organised by an Iranian opposition group near Paris in June. French authorities have frozen the financial assets of the Iranian spy ministry and two Iranian nationals in…

The threat from a senior US diplomat to “take out” Russian missiles that Washington believes are in breach of an important Cold War arms control treaty looks set to cause additional tensions with Moscow. Russian Federation is the successor state to the Soviet Union. Before its dissolution, the…

Moscow and Delhi will sign a deal worth more than $5 billion on the delivery of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles when President Vladimir Putin visits India later this week. India has long maintained cordial relations with Russia since Independence through a non-aligned strategy. This neutral…

Russia and Germany have agreed to connect Germany’s capital Berlin with St. Petersburg, which is often branded Russia’s northern capital. Germany and Russia have had a contentious relationship, which has seen the two nations fight together in wars as well as engage in two opposite sides of…

Russia has issued a stern warning against any potential US attempts to restrict foreign trade with Moscow. Russian Federation is the successor state to the Soviet Union. Before its dissolution, the Soviet Union and the US were the key factions in world politics. They were briefly allies during…