Global Policy & Analysis Think Tank
Feigning shock and publishing moralizing polemics isn’t going to change the fact that it was entirely predictable that Trump’s “Fortress America” grand strategy would ultimately see the US seek to expand its premier multilateral security structure across South America in order to formally incorporate its most important country of Brazil […]
When faced with the reality that the US was going to throw everything it had at Venezuela in order to foment illegal regime change, President Nicolas Maduro astutely realised that the prospect of his major allies China, Russia and Turkey intervening militarily, was simply not going to happen. Because Venezuela […]
Nuseir Yassin, better known as Nas Daily, is among the world’s most popular creators of short, informative and often fun videos documenting Yassin’s personal travels around the world, as well as his unique take on major global issues. He recently released a video called The Chinese Money Trap which was […]
The extremely militant US Senator Marco Rubio has been widely criticised after he Tweeted photos of former Libyan revolutionary Muammar Gaddafi speaking to his supporters, alongside a photo of Gaddafi taken seconds before he was assassinated by terrorists. Rubio later Tweeted a photo of former Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu speaking […]
In 1950, when war broke out in Korea, China played a decisive role in assuring that the government in Pyongyang would ultimately survive the war, even if DPRK’s (North Korea’s) capital itself was physically destroyed by US lead UN forces. In spite of China having barely recovered from its own […]
Today, celebrities from the film industry will gather in Hollywood to see who takes home the still somewhat coveted Academy Award. Whilst, no such formal award show exists in the realm of politics, there is no reason why one cannot speculate on who might win a Political Oscar in 2019. […]
Cubans are currently voting in a national referendum which if successful, will see the island nation adopt a new constitution. Among the most significant reforms in the new constitution are the following: -The post of Prime Minister will be created and his or her role will be to author domestic […]
When it comes to assessing the current events on the Colombia-Venezuela border, the expression ‘what a difference five years makes’ appears to be the most apropos. Reports continue to pour in, regarding a tense stand-off between patriotic Venezuelans and foreigners attempting to drive large lorries into Venezuela. According to the […]
Prior to swearing himself in as “President of Venezuela” on the 23rd of January, the wider world had never heard of Juan Guaidó and even in Venezuela he was less than a household name prior to the events of last month. This all changed when the United States recognised the […]
When the US launched the world’s first Twitter Coup against Venezuela’s UN recognised government, it was immediately clear that Washington had adopted ultra-contemporary methods to do what the US has been doing to Latin American countries for well over a century. But while during the 1973 Chilean coup, Henry Kissinger’s […]
