After Trump's visit, Saudi Arabia hopes to reinforce its influence in the region, against Iran
Jun 01, 2017 13:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views
US President Donald Trumps visit to Saudi Arabia and his Islam speech, delivered at the Arab-Islamic-America Summit in Riyadh on May 21 2017, created controversy in the Muslim world. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani,...
Western leaders take their eyes off Africa at just the wrong moment
Jun 01, 2017 12:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Almost none of the Western worlds leaders have paid much attention to Africa in recent months. One exception was Frances newly-elected president, Emmanuel Macron, who visited Mali shortly after his inauguration. His trip...
Global Geo-political Series: Comments from Juncker highlights differences with Trump
Jun 01, 2017 08:39 am UTC| Commentary
The latest comments from the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker shows the deep division of opinions running between President Trump and the rest of the Europe. The divisions were somewhat clear after...
What game theory says about dealing with North Korea
May 31, 2017 07:55 am UTC| Insights & Views
North Korea fired its third missile in three weeks on May 29, once again drawing protests from South Korea and Japan. Tensions have been rising in the region since the start of the year when Kim Jong-Uns regime started a...
Global Geo-political Series: Trump escalates tensions with Germany via tweeter
May 30, 2017 11:51 am UTC| Commentary
After the G7 leaders failed to converge on the issue of Paris Climate Accord, and the German Chancellor announced attending a rally in Germany that Europe can no longer rely on the UK and the United States and must take...
Global Geo-political Series: Brief summary of President Trump’s first foreign trip
May 29, 2017 10:25 am UTC| Commentary
The US President Donald Trump just concluded his first foreign trip over the weekend; a trip that was full of grandeur, historic as well as controversial in some areas. In this trip, President Trump and his surrogates...
May 29, 2017 07:32 am UTC| Commentary
Despite some talks of reconciliations and indications of diplomatic efforts, the war rhetoric in the Korean peninsula is running high. The North Korean regime under Kim Jong Un has continued to test short and long-range...
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