Global Policy & Analysis
National Security Advisor John Bolton recently announced the Trump Administration’s new “Prosper Africa” strategy, which is basically a tacit admission of defeat acknowledging that the US’ objectives there haven’t been achieved since the end of the Old Cold War, but it’s also a wily trap for encouraging China and Russia […]
Sudan’s proposal to have Russian companies help construct the East-West and North-South Trans-African Railways could reshape African geopolitics if Moscow succeeds in leveraging its possibly newfound strategic position in this sphere to “balance” between the two emerging blocs in the modern-day “Scramble for Africa”. Sudan just proposed during an […]
Just the facts American chip maker Qualcomm has secured a court ruling in its favour from China’s Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court. Qualcomm had accused Apple of using chips in some of its older iPhone models (iPhone 6S -iPhone X) that violate two of Qualcomm’s patents. As a result, judges have ruled that Apple […]
There can be no denying that much of Europe is about to enter a winter of discontent. Perceived and real problems ranging from the phenomenon of trickle-up neo-liberal economics to real terms price inflation, the stagnation of economic growth and the simultaneous cutting of traditional social programmes has left many […]
The idea that Iran and Saudi Arabia would agree on anything seems anathema to current trends in geopolitics, but when it comes to oil production, Iran and its fellow members of the de-facto Saudi led OPEC have just secured an important accord that allows the majority of OPEC’s members to […]
The announcement that the UAE and India signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly invest in Africa will see Dubai greatly assisting New Delhi in its grand strategy of “multi-aligning” against China there, though Russia could play a stabilizing role by “balancing” many of the various actors engaged in this […]
The United States is currently mourning the death of former President George H.W. Bush but Iraqis are certainly not, nor are Iranians and while Russia has officially sent condolences, many more Russians will remember that Bush broke many significant promises made to the Soviet and Russian leadership during his Presidency. […]
As the proverbial dust clears from a G20 summit that saw Donald Trump pursue a (temporary) policy of detente in the trade war with China while palpably ignoring Russian President Vladimir Putin, some commentators are suggesting that the US is utilising a “divide and rule” method in respect of its relations […]
The Mainstream Media is ginning up an infowar campaign against Tanzania’s President because of his vociferously pro-family socio-conservative policies and his recent decision to double down on his country’s decades-long strategic partnership with China, fearmongering about his allegedly “authoritarian” tendencies despite him publicly declining to amend his country’s constitution to […]
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has completed an official visit to Malaysia during which time he held lengthy conversations with veteran Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. At the age of 93 and back in office after fifteen years of what most thought was a retirement, Malaysia’s longest serving Prime Minister looks […]
