Former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan was recently ousted by his own Parliament as the opposition submitted a motion of No Confidence. In the beginning of April 2022, Khan, in a televised speech, explained that he was given three choices by the “Establishment”, Pakistan’s ruling elite of the army,
Ten weeks into the conflict in Ukraine, a question for responsive defense policy reasserts itself: what constitutes escalation? In a war that has disrupted the global economy and established enormous stakes for the geopolitical distribution of resources, supply chain management is a primary tool of engagement. Both Russia and the
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha have signed a new defense agreement increasing the transfer of defense hardware and technology between the two nations and upgrading their economic relations. Tokyo has agreed to loan Thailand 50 billion yen ($385 million) and will extend the country
In March 2021, the Kenyan government gave the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) a 14-day ultimatum to develop a plan to shut down the Kakuma and Dadaab camps. The shocking announcement left all humanitarian organizations and refugees in contemplation of solutions. Unarguably, Kenya’s generosity to provide land and some
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has agreed to join an investigative team probing war crimes that Russia is allegedly carrying out against Ukraine. This agreement between ICC prosecutor Karim Khan and the prosecutor general representing Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania aims to increase cooperation regarding the exchange of information and inquiry
Israel has demanded an apology from Russia after Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, claimed that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, Reuters reports. The Middle Eastern nation has further accused Lavrov of being anti-Semitic and disregarding the history of the Holocaust. Lavrov’s anti-Semitic comments were supposedly intended to be a justification
The mainstream global media are always quick to report on incidents of terror attacks when they take place in the West. Unfortunately the same cannot be said outside of the West, as terror attacks that take place in many other regions of the world rarely make headline news. Just a
Just under six weeks ago, on March 28th, 68 passengers were abducted by terrorists after the bombing of an Abuja Kaduna train in Nigeria. After five weeks of no word from either the terrorists or their victims, contact was finally made at the end of April depicting the current state
On May 4th of 2022, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador asked the U.S. to increase its financial investment in Central American countries. President Obrador posited that increased U.S. investment in Central America would lessen northward migration by facilitating economic stability. These statements were made amid a reorientation of U.S.-Mexican
The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged 10 billion euros ($10.51 billion in USD) to support India in achieving their climate goals after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, despite their differing opinions in the attacks on Ukraine. The prime minister refrains from pointing to Russia as the aggressor in what
On May 2nd, Prince Turki Al Faisal expressed Saudi Arabia’s disappointment in the lack of support from the United States against the Houthis. With the U.S.’s declining commitment to the Saudi-led coalition, many Saudis are concerned about security threats and increased acts of violence from the Houthis. Prince Al Faisal,
14.5 million people and 6.5 million children in Syria need humanitarian assistance, breaking a record the country set in 2011. 90% of Syrians are living in poverty and are unable to make ends meet. Social and civilian services infrastructure have suffered severe destruction, further limiting resources available for families. Prices
The county of Leer in South Sudan has seen a spike in violence by armed youth groups. The youth groups, who originate from the nearby counties of Koch and Mayendit, have subjected the civilians of Leer County to an array of horrific violence. Their list of human rights violations includes
The prestigious Bolshoi Theatre in Russia has abruptly canceled a series of performances by two directors who have both spoken out against the ongoing war in Ukraine. The theatre cited no official justification for canceling Timofey Kuliabin’s Don Pasquale opera and Kirill Serebrennikov’s Nureyev dance. Kuliabin has used his Instagram
The high-stakes 2022 French Presidential elections will end on April 24th. It was one of the most competitive and controversial elections in France to date. After much anticipation, it was announced that President Macron won the election incumbent Marie Le Pen. Le Pen beat out the other candidates in the
On May 2, China officially backed support for Sri Lanka’s decision to work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to restructure the nation’s current debt crisis and help alleviate its economic, political, and social issues. With default of a little over $50 billion in foreign debt, rising interest
On April 2, the Israeli government announced its intention to significantly enhance the cybersecurity of Israeli communications networks in an attempt to construct an “Iron Dome” of cyber defense. At a press conference, Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel stated, “We are trying to put the right standard on communications companies in
On May 2nd, Ethiopia’s state-appointed rights commission announced that it was looking into a video that shows Ethiopian army fighters abusing and then shooting a young boy. The fighters accused this boy of being from the Tigray region which remains under the threat of violence from the Ethiopian government to
Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group have been accused of torturing and killing civilians in the Central African Republic. Human Rights Watch released a report detailing these incidents, citing evidence from interviews with victims and witnesses, Western governments, and United Nations experts. The alleged atrocities include executions, unlawful detainments, torture,
India and Pakistan are experiencing extreme days-long heat waves with little relief – not even night temperatures cool. Thanks to the string of heat waves, these countries have sweltered under record-high temperatures throughout March and April. As summer’s heat threatens to pick up, the India Meteorological Department has assigned most
