The G20-2021 is running underneath the Italian presidency.Many institutional encounters and meetings have been and will be held in various levels that will culminate in the Summit in Rome on the 30th and 31st of October. The Italian press is dedicated a lot of attention on the G20 ‘Virtual’ summit on Afghanistan. The mainstream media of the country that was ...
The White House has appointed a new Special Advisor for Africa Strategy at the National Security Council. Judd Devermont started the work in early October. He is expected to draw a new Africa strategy for the Biden Administration. Devermont is not new to the White House. After having started in the State Department in 2001, he worked as foreign policy ...
By Cansu Yigit The peace and stability process in Libya led by the United Nations (UN) is going down “a slippery slope” towards the December 24th. The Libyans are the ones likely to pay for a UN failure in Libya, which has been known for the mess it left on its peacekeeping missions all around underdeveloped or unstable countries. Footsteps ...
“After achieving independence, African countries pursued a de-colonization tied to the former metropole, resulting in lack of economic independence and industrialization. But today, multilateralism opens new possibilities to establish a true and own, African trajectory of development”, said Chris Matlhako, Deputy Secretary General of the South African Communist Party. “African development runs in cycles of approximately 60 years. The continent ...
The US economy is showing signs of crisis, while the US government continues to use economic sanctions as a tool of diplomacy. The combination of the two factors deepens the global mistrust towards the US-Dollar and leads actors to search for alternatives. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on this development to Hadley Gamble from CNBC. Below UWI documents Putin’s views ...
By Nardine Ali / Cairo Transporting Israeli gas to Lebanon via Egypt, Jordan and Syria as the most recent US move to cut Iranian influence? On September 8, energy ministers of four Arab countries convened in the Jordanian capital of Amman to set a plan to save Lebanon from the worst economic crisis witnessed by a country since the 1800s. ...
The public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics last week. The first topic was the official address by the US President Joe Biden to the House of Representatives about the Turkish military actions against the YPG/PKK in Northern Syria, and the reactions from the Turkish politicians. Second was the Iranian diplomatic delegation’s visit to Turkey. Third ...
The conflict between the United States and the People’s Republic of China is heating up around the island of Taiwan. The US is delivering signs of distancing from the One-China-policy, while China insists on re-unification with the island and underlines claims with elevated military activity in the region. One-China-Policy Since the 1979 Joint Communiqué of the US and the P.R. ...
On the southern side of the Mediterranean, Libya keeps on being in a political limbo. General elections are scheduled for December 24, but the Tobruk-based House of Representatives already postponed these for a month. The legislative base of the elections, including the question who will be permitted to candidate for the presidency, cause debate. Western countries headed by the US ...
The Northern Triangle Composed of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the so-called Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) constitutes the nucleus of the migratory conflict in the American continent. It exerts pressure on the US, but also generates serious problems for the local populations. According to a recent report from the US Congress (April 2021), more than 2 million people ...