Category: Geopolitics
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US-Japan strike missile sales deal
On January 2018, it was announced that the United States has approved the sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan worth $133.3 million. The sale comes during a period when there..
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Trump to attend Davos
The White House has confirmed that US President Donald Trump will be attending the World Economic Forum at Davos which will be taking place in January 2018. He will be the first..
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Another Cold War Around the Curve?
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has urged both US and Russia resolve a dispute over a nuclear arms control treaty. The treaty was signed 30 years ago..
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Iran’s Zarif meets with European powers
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is currently meeting with his French and German counterparts in Brussels to discuss the nuclear deal. The meeting is taking place..
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Peace at the Korean peninsula?
After a landmark meeting between officials from North and South Korea, it has been announced that North Korea would be sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics slated to..
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A breakthrough
North Korea has accepted South Korea’s offer to high-level talks next week in a bid to discuss the former nation participating in the Winter Olympic Games scheduled to..
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US cuts off Pakistan
Just days after US President Donald Trump harshly criticized Pakistan, it has been revealed that America will be cutting almost all security aid to Pakistan. Trump has alleged..
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US blocks China
US has blocked the sale of money-transfer service Moneygram to Ant Financial, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. The sale had been worth $1.2 billion..
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Stronger Russia-China ties
A new section of the Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean (ESPO) has become functional in 2018. This will mean that Russia will double its crude oil export capacity to China..
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Another South China Sea
The control over the waterway of the Mekong river could potentially jumpstart yet another conflict in South East Asia between China and the countries of ASEAN. Will Beijing founded..