Japan’s discomfort in the New Cold War
In December, Japan will release a new National Security Strategy, the first since 2014. The country has indicated that it would increase its military budget by 11% a year from now till 2024
Guinea’s plight lays bare the greed of foreign mining companies in the Sahel
Over a year after the coup in Guinea, the military government is unable to construct a viable agenda to exit the country’s dependence on foreign mining companies. In the meantime, the protests for a return to democracy are unlikely to be quelled
China’s path to socialist modernization
The discussions in the Communist Party of China’s 20th National Congress reflected recent achievements and challenges for the coming period
La ruta de China hacia la modernización socialista
Los debates del XX Congreso Nacional del Partido Comunista de China reflejaron los logros recientes y los retos para el próximo periodo
The West must stop blocking negotiations between Ukraine and Russia
Ukrainians have been paying a terrible price for the failure of ensuring sensible and reasonable negotiations from 2014 to February 2022 – which could have prevented the invasion by Russia in the first place, and once the war started, could have led to the end of this war
The last thing Haiti needs is another military intervention
A military intervention in Haiti amid a deepening social, economic, and political crisis will not solve the problems facing the country
Charting the rise of anti-French sentiment across Northern Africa
Anti-French sentiment has increasingly been on the rise across the Sahel and North Africa due to its role in destabilizing the region with military interventions
Trazando el aumento del sentimiento antifrancés en el norte de África
El sentimiento antifrancés ha aumentado en el Sahel y el norte de África debido a su papel en la desestabilización de la región con intervenciones militares.