Category: Geopolitics
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US is considering potential Iran sanction waivers
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hints at making a few exceptions to the sanctions placed on Iran. 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 and Iran to…
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Russia warns US against using energy as a leverage on Europe
“Energy should not be used as a tool to exert pressure on countries”, said Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak in a meeting with the US Energy Secretary Rick Perry in Moscow. Russian Federation is the successor state to the Soviet Union. Before its dissolution, Soviet Union and…
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Taiwan looks for bigger friends in the face of isolation
Beijing is intensifying its effort to further isolate Taiwan diplomatically, but Taipei is discreetly broadening security ties with regional powers beyond its long-standing relationship with the United States. The island nation of Taiwan is a highly contested region in East Asia. While Taiwan is considered a…
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Abe halts Island dispute deal with Putin
Japanese PM wants more public support before inking a new deal with Russia. Historically, Japan and Russia had enjoyed had cordial relations. However, a territorial clash in the Manchuria region of north-eastern China led to the Russo–Japanese War in 1904. This war resulted…
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Turkey begins to reinforce its military posts in Idlib
Ankara is reportedly reinforcing its military observation posts inside rebel-held north-western Syria ahead of an expected offensive from Assad’s forces. The Syrian Civil War has been going on since 2011. It began during the Arab Spring protests and due to resentment towards the government…
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US-Backed forces launch final offensive on ISIS
U.S.-backed forces have launched what they hope will be the final battle for territory in the four-year-old war against the Islamic State. Rebel forces will be mounting an assault on the militants’ last major bastion in the eastern Syrian desert. The Syrian Civil War has been going on since 2011. It began…
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Catalans Rally for Independence
Hundreds of thousands of pro-independence Catalans took over downtown Barcelona in their largest show of force since a botched declaration of independence from Spain last October. Catalonia is one of the most industrialized regions in Spain. Barcelona is the region’s largest city as well as its capital..
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Russia will ask UN to lift some North Korea sanctions
Moscow will propose to the UN Security Council to reward North Korea with a gradual relaxing of sanctions if it takes the necessary steps towards denuclearization. South Korea is also in favour of reducing diplomatic pressure on Pyongyang for future talks. The history of North Korea began in 1945..
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White House confirms plans for Second Trump-Kim summit
Washington confirms talks are underway with North Korea over setting up a second summit meeting between President Trump and leader Kim Jong Un. The relationship between the US and North Korea has always been fractious. During the war between North and South Korea in 1950, US…
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Washington is driving China and Russia closer than before
The policy deployed by the Trump Administration is re-forging the Sino-Russian relations in a new fire. China and Russia have had a somewhat tumultuous past. From former allies to bitter rivals throughout the 60s and 70s despite both being led by communist governments and finally…