Category: Geopolitics

British Defence Secretary announces new plan to boost military presence in the Artic to counter growing “Russian Aggression”. The Arctic Circle is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. It consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Alaska (United States)..

A new report from the US State Department estimates that more than 380,000 people in South Sudan have died in the civil war so far. The new report does not include the millions which have fled South Sudan or the deaths from unhygienic conditions in the country. South Sudan is a landlocked country in East-Central…

The Palestinian Authority has asked the International Court of Justice to force the US to shut down its Embassy in Jerusalem as it violates the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961). Jerusalem is a city located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and…

The Venezuelan President had earlier claimed that he would be killed if he ever visited New York and his visit to the UNGA has kept everyone at the UN guessing. The Republic of Venezuela is located in northwest South America. The country stretches across over 900,000 square kilometres..

Moscow is aiming to increase the bilateral trade volume to $200 billion in the next five years. China and Russia have had a somewhat tumultuous past. From former allies to bitter rivals throughout the 1960s and 1970s despite both being led by communist governments and finally back..

The crippling effect of U.S. sanctions on Iran’s financial system have made the need to comply with global financial regulations necessary. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is a comprehensive agreement between the P5+1 countries (France, China, Russia, US, UK, and Germany), European Union..

A stunning and overwhelming victory of the Maldives presidency by Solih puts India in a better position in the region and improves overall relations at a time when Beijing was making significant intrustions. The Maldives is an Islamic republic which lies off the Indian sub-continent. It is made up of a chain of nearly..

Tokyo’s largest warship, the Kaga, joined naval drills with Britain’s HMS Argyll in the Indian Ocean before it sailed into the South China Sea. Japan is the third largest economy in the world by nominal GDP after America and China. It has the fourth largest purchasing power parity..

President Trump hopes to release his Middle East peace plan within two to four months and conclude a deal between Israel and the Palestinians. The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine can be traced back to mid-20th century. The origins to the conflict can be traced back..

The US risks more tensions with China over the arms deal with Taiwan. Taiwan is a self-ruling state which China claims as a part of its territory under the ‘One China’ policy. The United States did not challenge the position of ‘One China’ policy, first stated in 1972 until December 6, 2017, when President..