Read: Is China Buying Out Africa?The continuous political and security instability in Somalia may be regarded as a convergence of clan-based rule, national politics, and militancy.
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New geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean
A chief foreign policy item on the Biden administration’s agenda was the Pivot to Asia strategy, which was first voiced during the Obama administration as a deterrent strategy against the rise of China.
Although a physical war is taking place in Ukraine, its implications and repercussions are much wider in the context of the United States seeking to defend its global hegemonic position against countries such as China and Russia.
As the global shipping slowed because of COVID19-related restrictions, manufacturing industries were also urged to relocate their factories from China to the United States and Europe.
The research dimension of AI
The United States of America and the Republic of China, alongside other countries, have exerted much effort in researching and publishing on AI-related topics.
unhappiness with Pakistan's independent foreign policy, refusal to condemn Russia, allow drone strikes in Afghanistan, and an 'iron-clad' brotherhood with China.
In addition to Europe, the Gulf countries and the post-Soviet region, and China and India are determined to keep their criticism at a low level and simultaneously not to cross red lines in their relations with Russia.
Other than China's national currency, currencies that are gaining ground include the Singaporean dollar, the Korean won, the Australian dollar, and the Canadian dollar.
Read: China Beware, Russia-Ukraine War Unified EU and NATO As Never Before“If Sweden and Finland join, NATO’s presence and coordination in the Baltic Sea area, as well as more broadly in the Nordic and Arctic, will be strengthened, together with NATO’s defense and deterrence posture,” said Chihaia.
His speech was about: (1) NATO’s actions to respond to Russia’s further escalation challenging the borders of the alliance; (2) warning specific countries like China or Belarus not to support the aggression; and (3) outlining how NATO is providing support to Ukraine.
n the past two decades, Russia has become the largest supplier of weapons to Southeast Asia in an attempt to balance China with Russian arms exports to Southeast Asia totaling more than $10.
The path to de-dollarization
Globally, China, Russia, and India are leading the efforts to conduct trade in national currencies especially after Russia fell under western sanctions in 2014 following the annexation of Crimea.
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The Taliban cannot address the elephant in the room
Perhaps, the biggest handicap the Taliban faces is their inability to address the elephant in the room: the economic and humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Afghanistan.
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Opening to the East
During Orbán’s 12 years in power, Hungary has cultivated an amicable relationship with Russia alongside dissent from the EU.
Read: An Axis of Evil: Why Russia and China Protect Myanmar’s Military RegimeWashington’s strategic calculation, namely that by not calling crimes against the Rohingya a genocide, the United States would in due course steer Myanmar’s most powerful stakeholder, the military, away from Washington’s number one imperial rival, China, also proved patently false.
Read: How the Ukraine War Will Give China More LeverageOn the other hand, Ukraine seems to have accurate and timely intelligence by NATO member states.