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The EU has ramped up its spending over the last three years in an effort to turn itself into the fiscal powerhouse its most ardent supporters have always wanted it to be. There is a catch, however: it seemed to ignore how it would pay for it all, …

The forthcoming national election in Bangladesh has garnered significant attention from several global powers, including the United States, India, Japan, China, the European Union, and Russia. These nations have distinct geopolitical and economic interests in Bangladesh which has a critical position within South Asia. The United States has …

A couple of months ago, France was engulfed by an explosive wave of civil unrest powered by surging interethnic rivalries. The dramatic images and headlines of this crisis could illustrate a textbook example of what a lawless Hobbesian state of nature looks like. The significance of the situation …

ASEAN is a regional organization that serves as a platform for cooperation among 11 countries in Southeast Asia. Since its establishment in 1967, various economic agreements have been made, including the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA). The 2023 ASEAN Summit in Jakarta demonstrated a strong commitment to enhancing …

Analyses indicate the repercussions of the Camp David summit in Washington on China and Russia, and the possibility that it will lead to an “Asian NATO”, as is being discussed in the Chinese, Western and American media themselves. On Friday, August 18, 2023, US President Joe Biden met …

Last week’s Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg was a landmark event in Moscow’s foreign policy concept and practice. Not so much because it brought scores of African leaders and senior officials to the country. The first summit, four years ago in Sochi, featured even more African heads of …

Historically, “The Spirit of Camp David” has been acclaimed widely since it witnessed the peace deal between the United States and the former Soviet Union in 1959 during the heyday of the Cold War, and also the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt under the U.S. mediation in …

As global oil markets have been struggling with a myriad of difficulties and turmoil with regards to both supply and demand being most acute ever since the eruption of the pandemic in 2020 and now with issues of under investment, one tiny country has been emerging in the …

China has released an updated map of its territory on August 28, 2023, that included its contested claims on the western border with India, the South China Sea and Taiwan. The “2023 edition” of its standard map was put up on the website of the cartographic service hosted …