As the tension between China and the United States increases, analysts and policymakers look to historical precedent to help inform the design of their foreign policy going into the future. In the West, particularly American strategic thought, this emerging conflict is looked to as the 21st century’s Cold War. In
On January 26th, India celebrated Republic Day, commemorating the 72nd year since the Indian Constitution came into effect. The same day, farmers who have been protesting new agricultural laws for months planned a peaceful tractor march while the focus was on New Delhi. However, the march’s leaders lost control. Big
On February 1st, it was announced that Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong entrepreneur and protestor of the mainland Chinese Communist Party, will stay in custody until a top court rules on his request for bail. Lai was arrested in August 2020 for violating China’s newly adopted national security law, which
On Monday, January 25th President Joe Biden signed an order barring most non-U.S. citizens who have recently been in South Africa from entering the United States, starting the following Saturday. This order also re-imposed an entry ban, which was supposed to expire on Tuesday, on nearly all non-U.S. travelers that
In February 2020, former President Trump signed an agreement with Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. The agreement, commonly referred to as the Doha accord, stipulates that all American troops be removed from Afghanistan by this May if the Taliban cuts ties with al-Qaeda, engages in peace talks with the Afghan government,
For musicians, Brexit negotiations between Brussels and the U.K. turned out to be only perpetual hubbub, which would eventually fail them. Since the 1st of January, British musicians who want to tour in one or several European countries ought to sell an arm and a leg each time a customs
Following months of protests, the Polish government pushed through a controversial ruling that almost completely bans abortions. The ruling was first announced back in October but had been delayed for months after mass protests—the largest the nation had seen in decades. The ruling was published in the Official Journal, meaning
As the U.K. left the EU single market on 31 December, 2020, a trade border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland came into effect. While Northern Irish goods entering Great Britain are granted “unfettered access,” British goods to Northern Ireland need to comply with the EU’s requirements. The U.K. and
