Last Wednesday, a Chinese-state firm won a multi-million-dollar contract to build an international port in the Solomon Islands, solidifying its ties with the Micronesian nation following the security deal both parties signed last year including the “maintenance of [the islands’] social order.” A day later, the Biden administration announced its
The West African nation of Burkina Faso faces increasing international isolation while the threat of Islamist insurgency grows larger. The junta government is at odds with the United States, France, and U.N. over various grievances, including discontent over the junta’s legitimacy and its promises to restore democracy. Leaders from 2022
Despite the ceasefire agreement signed on November 2nd, reports continue to emerge from the Tigray region of Ethiopia regarding continuing abuse of the population. This while the Ethiopian government says it has no timeline for restoring promised services to the beleaguered region. The Associated Press said that the movement of
Protests, outrage, and condemnations are rampant across Pakistan as journalist Arshad Sharif’s body is brought back from Kenya, where he was shot dead by Kenyan security forces in an apparent case of mistaken identity. Thousands of Pakistanis were present at his funeral at the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, with Al-Jazeera
Mixed reactions from media and politicians have appeared in Japan and South Korea following Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s meeting in New York last week. Though the thirty-minute discussion received some praise in international media, the reception in South Korea and Japan show that
Four political prisoners have been executed by the military junta of Myanmar, the first official executions by the state since 1976. This includes two political activists – writer Kyaw Min Yu and politician under the pre-coup civilian government Phyo Zeya Thaw – as well as Hla Myo Aung and Aung
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the mounting reports of civilian massacres, forced deportations, and systematic rape committed by Russian troops, the term ‘genocide’ has once again appeared on the forefront of European geopolitics. As always, use of this term is controversial. Some pundits have already decried
After ruling by decree for months after dissolving the Tunisian parliament and dismissing the prime minister in July of 2021, Tunisian president Kais Saied is now building a committee to rewrite the 2014 Constitution as more elements of Tunisian society array against him. Saied argues that all his actions have
Instances of communal violence between Hindu and Muslim groups have steadily increased across India, including a clash this week in Delhi during a Hindu religious procession. This incident in the capital is only the most recent in a string of increasingly intense sectarian clashes that have broken out between Hindus
In a virtual summit held Thursday, the leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (shortened to Quad), the United States, Australia, Japan, and India, agreed to prevent the expansionist aggression plaguing Ukraine from coming to the Pacific, in a thinly veiled reproach towards Chinese designs on Taiwan. In a joint statement
As hundreds of athletes from around the world compete for glory and prestige in Beijing, world leaders also gather in the Chinese capital, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Argentinian President Alberto Fernández. On Sunday the two politicians released a joint statement agreeing to support each other’s contentious territorial claims
When Sudanese General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan seized power from the transitional government meant to guide Sudan towards democracy in a coup last October, he was met with widespread outrage. The capital of Khartoum was filled with protestors, mass strikes, and street battles against the military, demanding a return of civilian leaders.
Less than a month into 2022, three journalists in Mexico have been killed. The most recent of these, Lourdes Maldonado López, was shot to death in Tijuana last Sunday, despite enrolling in a police protection program. Journalists across Mexico have taken to the streets to demand the government do more
The crisis in Yemen has shown itself to be far from over, with attacks this week from both Houthi forces and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government harboring deaths in amounts not seen since 2019. On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia targeted the Yemeni capital of Sanaa with airstrikes that left at least 20
Ethnic divisions in Bosnia-Herzegovina have continued to widen this week as Bosnian Serbs, encouraged by their leaders, reportedly harassed Bosniak Muslim neighborhoods, sang songs in the streets celebrating war criminals, and even fired shots near mosques. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe released a statement blaming Bosnian Serb
Anti-government protests have broken out across western Kazakhstan, including its largest city of Almaty. Regional and neighboring states have begun moving to support the beleaguered regime of Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Though sparked by the removal of price caps on fuel that caused rising prices, the protests have widened into
This week, a fuel truck explosion in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien killed at least 75 people, another tragedy in a long, terrible year for the Caribbean island nation. In July, amid a brewing constitutional crisis, Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in his home in an incident that remains
Outrage erupted in the northeast of India after security forces killed more than a dozen Nagaland locals who they mistook for insurgents, spiking protests in a region already aggrieved with the Indian military. According to Reuters, a senior police official reported that security forces misinterpreted intelligence about militants in the
Despite a statement made earlier this week on Wednesday, officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirmed their military cooperation with neighboring Uganda will include Ugandan troops in the DRC, despite the uneasy history between the two states. Reuters reported eye-witnesses claiming hundreds of Ugandan troops have crossed the
After years of undeclared war in the Eastern Donbas region, this week saw increasing risk of a full-blown confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, which threatens to involve N.A.T.O. Ukrainian Military Intelligence Head Kyrylo Budanov warned the Military Times that this weekend, Russia “had more than 92,000 troops massed around Ukraine’s
