Africa presents a uniquely complex challenge for China. Political instability — wars, coups, civil unrest — poses challenges that may undermine China’s peaceful rise and compel it to deploy military and security forces to protect its investments and own economic development. Read More Here
How today’s regional conflicts resemble the ones that produced World War II. Read More Here
“The Voldemort of years. The annus horribilis. The year that must not be named.” That’s how 2024 has been described when it comes to the global crises that are popping around the world. Whether 2024 turns out to be as bad as the archenemy in the Harry Potter novels or the Latin phrase meaning “horrible year” is […]
What the world could look like in ten years, according to mostly American and European experts. Read more here
World has ‘entered a new period of turbulence and transformation’, Xi says after Central Conference on Foreign Affairs Work. Read More Here
Beijing is emboldening Russia and Iran while increasing belligerence in East Asia. Read More Here
US President Joe Biden’s largely successful response to Russia’s war against Ukraine reflects his vision of the world as a bloc of democracies facing off against revisionist autocracies. But there is growing evidence that this is a minority view, even among some of America’s closest allies. Read More Here
Just in the past 24 months, an astonishing number of armed conflicts have started, renewed, or escalated. Some had been fully frozen, meaning that the sides had not sustained direct combat in years; others were long simmering, meaning that low-level fighting would intermittently erupt. All have now become active. Read More Here.
Recent trends and developments – from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine to the US-China competition – may well herald a fundamental global geopolitical reckoning. The specter of a sustained clash between the West and its rivals – especially China, Russia, and the Islamic world – looms large. Read More Here
Too much news is routed through London and New York. The capitals of the global south need to step up. Read More Here
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