Erdogan claims victory in key Turkish constitutional referendum
Apr 17, 2017 05:51 am UTC| Commentary
Turkish incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed a narrow victory on Sunday night in Turkeys historic referendum on changes to the constitution that will hand over more powers to the President. Though the final...
Venezuela has lost its democratic facade
Apr 17, 2017 02:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Although the Venezuelan government has become increasingly authoritarian since the early 2000s, last week was the first time it openly attacked democracy. On March 29, the Venezuelan Supreme Court, controlled by the...
Syria is a mess, but the solution is complicated too
Apr 17, 2017 01:58 am UTC| Insights & Views
A week has passed since US President Donald Trump rained 59 Cruiser missiles down on Al Shayrat airfield north of Damascus, in retaliation for the Syrian regimes use of chemical weapons against its own citizens. But we are...
Why Russia and the US struggle to understand each other's behaviour
Apr 14, 2017 02:28 am UTC| Insights & Views
The Trump administrations surprise missile strike on Syria raised many more questions than it answered and the the most pressing are those related to the future of the USs relationship with Russia. The signs are not...
Global Geo-political Series: Tillerson-Russia meeting – post meeting conference: Rex Tillerson
Apr 13, 2017 11:55 am UTC| Commentary
In the previous three articles, we shared and reviewed the opening remarks from the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and the US Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and it was clear from the opening remarks that this...
Global Geo-political Series: Tillerson Russia meeting – post meeting conference: Sergei Lavrov
Apr 13, 2017 10:46 am UTC| Commentary
In the previous two articles, we shared and reviewed the opening remarks from the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and the US Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and it was clear from the opening remarks that this...
Global Geo-political Series: Tillerson-Russia meeting – pre meeting conference: Rex Tillerson
Apr 13, 2017 07:34 am UTC| Commentary
Yesterday, the US secretary of state Rex Tillerson concluded a very crucial meeting with Russia, which probably was the toughest of meetings in his career. The meeting came amid heightened tensions between the two global...
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