Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed told the House of Peoples’ Representatives last week that the deterioration in bilateral ties with Eritrea began much earlier than most observers thought. It wasn’t due to him reviving Ethiopia’s quest for sea access like...
Finnish President Alexander Stubb published a piece at Foreign Affairs, the influential Council on Foreign Relations’ bi-monthly magazine, in December about “The West’s Last Chance: How to Build a New Global Order Before It’s Too Late”. He perceives the...
The Daily Mail cited Pentagon funding proposals to report in late December that the US plans to once again store tactical nukes in the UK upon renovating Lakenheath Airbase. The project is expected to cost $264 million and be...
RT reported on German politician Sahra Wagenknecht’s condemnation of a prominent AfD politician for claiming that Germany “needs nuclear weapons”, which followed ruling CDU lawmaker Roderich Kiesewetter calling for their country to participate in a European nuclear umbrella. The...
The Indo-US trade deal must have come as a surprise to Pakistan. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, the man who really controls Pakistan, obsequiously courted Trump over the past year. Their country also relied on...
The US signaled its support for NATO troops in Ukraine last month after Trump’s Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner praised the principle of security guarantees for the first time right after France and the UK committed to...
The most scandalous part of the Indo-US trade deal was Trump’s claim that “ agreed to stop buying Russian Oil, and to buy much more from the United States and, potentially, Venezuela.” Modi confirmed that a deal had indeed...
The US’ Bureau of African Affairs announced over the weekend that its chief will travel to Bamako “to convey the United States’ respect for Mali’s sovereignty and desire to chart a new course in the bilateral relationship and move...
Trump unexpectedly announced an Indo-US trade deal on Monday whereby US tariffs on Indian imports will drop to 18% while India will reduce its tariffs on US imports to zero. He also said that Modi agreed to stop buying...
The US’ new National Security and Defense Strategies, which collectively articulate the “Trump Doctrine”, make clear that the US’ grand strategic goal is to restore its predominant position (unipolarity) over the world. Unlike during the short-lived unipolar era that...