Category: World

President Trump, in a surprise move, cancelled the scheduled peace talks with the Taliban. This has raised questions of whether the move is a negotiation strategy, or have the peace talks reached a cul-de-sac? 

The vocal defence of China’s internal security apparatus in the restive Xinjiang province, by Muslim countries as opposed to the condemnation by 22 major western countries, raises the question of economic interests over religious solidarity. 

The 45th summit of the G7 has concluded in Biarritz, France. Can the G7 bloc retain its pre-eminent position in a globalised flat world with the widest dispersion of economic and political power ever experienced in its history?

Beijing and Hong Kong are making extensive use of popular social media platforms to influence public opinion internally and to change perceptions globally, in the ongoing protests in Hong Kong – drawing strong protests from users and platform managers.

Amazon’s warehouse workers,  including various Jewish groups, are demanding that Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) cut ties with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and data company Palantir Technologies.

Beijing has accused the US of ‘deliberately destroying international order’ with ‘unilateralism and protectionism’. The US-China feud has advocated for a shift from globalization.

The protests in Hong Kong, which started out over an unpopular extradition bill, are about something much bigger. They are about redefining the status quo with China and within Hong Kong’s Legislative Council.

The U.S. Commerce Department announced that it would impose duties of up to 456 per cent on corrosion-resistant and cold-rolled steel from Vietnam which are produced in South Korea or Taiwan. The U.S. is the largest export market for Vietnam. How is Vietnam likely to respond?

The Philippine war on drugs refers to the drug policy under President Rodrigo Duterte, and is aimed at ‘the neutralisation of illegal drug personalities nationwide at any and all costs’. Increased international scrutiny brings up the question of how much structural impunity exists in the Philippines, that prevents the state to hold human rights offenders…

The United Nations report on the murder of journalist Jamal Khasshogi has been released – which claims that Saudi Arabia is responsible under international law for the “deliberate, premeditated execution” of the journalist. Are the global regulatory bodies following the case to form a legal precedent to counter extrajudicial killing? Could sanctions solve the issue?