China Cancels High-Level Security Talks With the U.S.
Summary A significant annual security meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has been canceled by China. Several point to the increasingly cold …
Interpol Chief Was China’s Pride. His Fall Exposes the Country’s Dark Side
Summary Last year in Beijing, President Xi Jinping expressed China’s support of international law enforcement to 1,000 members of Interpol at their general assembly. …
U.S. Campaign Against Migration Goes Unheard, or Unheeded, in Guatemala
Summary The US government recently launched a messaging campaign in Guatemala to stop those in the country from entering US territory. The $750,000 effort is …
Melania Trump’s sunny message in Africa at odds with US policy
Summary On her first solo trip abroad as first lady, Melania Trump wants to promote her “Be Best” campaign and highlight women’s and children’s health …
Remarks by Vice President Pence on the Administration’s Policy Toward China
Summary On October 4, 2018, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gave a harshly worded speech accusing China of interfering elections by swaying American public opinion …
India Signs S-400 Deal with Russia Sidestepping US Opposition
Summary India and Russia signed a $5 billion deal that will see New Delhi buy an S-400 air defense system from Moscow. The deal was …
Greece ‘Ready’ to Extend Sovereignty to 12 Miles in the Ionian Sea
Summary Nikos Kotzias, Greece’s departing Foreign Minister, has stated that Greece is ready to extend its territorial waters from six nautical miles to twelve nautical …
GLOBAL ECONOMY- Trade war impact deepens across Asia, but ‘real economic shock’ yet to hit
Summary Recent reports found out that intensifying trade war between the U.S. and China is not the only challenge confronted by Asian economies, but the …
Erdogan points finger at Saudi ‘puppet masters’ in Khashoggi case
Summary On November 2, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from the “highest levels” of the …
Ethiopia swears in first female Supreme Court chief
Summary: At the start of the month Meaza Ashenafi, a human right lawyer, becomes the first woman to head Ethiopia’s Supreme Court. Meaza was …