Category: Geopolitics

Bogota is asking the UN for help in order manage the massive influx of Venezuelan migrants. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is located in northwest South America. In 2017, the UN estimated that the country is home to over 31 million people. The country stretches across over 900,000 square kilometres. It is bordered…

PM Mahathir Mohammad had earlier warned of a “new colonialism” during his recent visit to China, and in an attempt to undo the deals of his corrupt predecessor, has cancelled 22 USD billion worth of projects. Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It consists…

Amnesty, Power-sharing deals are the demands from armed groups fighting the government in the Central African Republic. The Central African Republic, which got independence from France in 1960, has always been plagued by violence. The francophone country with 4.6 million people has been ravaged by conflict since its…

Britain’s top diplomat wants the EU to emulate Trump’s method of dealing with Russia. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary style of government. The head of state is the reigning Monarch while the head of Government is the Prime Minister. Theresa May…

Filipino president considers ditching his smartphone as he thinks the CIA is using it to eavesdrop on him. In 2016, Duterte, a controversial figure across the world, won the general election and assumed the office of the President. One of his key campaign promises that he had made was to be tough on criminals. He…

Moscow signs a pact with the Central African Republic three weeks after Russian journalists were mysteriously murdered there. The Central African Republic, which got independence from France in 1960, has always been plagued by violence. The francophone country with 4.6 million people has been ravaged by conflict since its…

President Trump is actively considering another meeting with the Supreme Leader of North Korea. The relationship between the US and North Korea has always been fractious. During the war between North and South Korea in 1950, US forces successfully intervened on behalf of South Korea. The North Korean nuclear program…

PM Mahathir Mohammad warns of a “new colonialism” during his recent visit to China. Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories. Executive power is exercised by the federal government and the 13 state governments..

Talks of a second EU referendum grows with increasing public support for a review of Brexit. The 2016 EU referendum held in the United Kingdom gave the British population the option of the UK staying in the EU or leaving it. The referendum was part of then PM David Cameron’s re-election campaign, and…

Foreign Minister Zarif terms the US’s “addiction” to sanctions a disease and bemoans the landmark nuclear deal. In 2015, Iran agreed to a long-term deal on its nuclear programme with the P5+1 group of world powers – the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany. It came after years of tension over Iran’s alleged efforts…