Port Conflict in Africa: A Battleground for Global Powers and the Need for Regional Cooperation
The issue of port conflict in Africa has become a source of concern in recent years. African countries have been grappling with a range of issues such as poverty, corruption, and civil unrest, and the issue of port conflicts has only added to the complexity of the situation. The port conflict in Africa can be […]
Challenges to France’s Influence in Africa: An Examination of the Changing Landscape and Recommendations for the Future
Introduction: France has a long and complicated history in Africa, having colonized much of the continent in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Even after many countries gained their independence, France maintained close ties with its former colonies, particularly in the areas of security and defense. However, over the past few years, France’s influence in […]
UAE foreign policy diversification
The United Arab Emirates ordered 80 Rafale fighter jets and 12 military helicopters last week, deepening economic and political ties with France through an arms contract worth 17 billion euros ($19.20 billion). The arms sale came during a visit by President Emmanuel Macron to Dubai, according to a statement by the Elysee cited by state-run […]
Russia’s war in Ukraine affects southeast Europe
As long as the war in Ukraine lasts, the world community will be divided. As the military solution imposed by Moscow cannot be imposed or present any viable solution, the political solution at the UN level is one way. In any other case, the various regional conflicts will be reheated (including Southeast Europe), destabilizing the […]
The life of al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al Qaeda, was killed by a drone strike, according to President Joe Biden, who spoke from the White House on Monday. In order to permanently remove him from the battlefield, Biden remarked, “I authorized a precise strike.” Zawahiri, Biden said, “was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11, one of […]
It’s strictly business: Brussels, Moldova arms control hub and hyprocrisy
To combat organized crime, particularly the smuggling of guns from the nearby, war-torn Ukraine, the EU is establishing the EU Support Hub for Internal Security and Border Management, an Arms Control Hub, in Moldova. “By experience from the previous war in former Yugoslavia, we still have problems with firearms being trafficked from there to the […]
Boris Johnson and the UK’s Security Legacy
Aside from the chaos and scandal that characterised Boris Jhonson’s time in power, there is a deeper legacy of his tenure as Britain’s prime minister: He severely weakened his country’s place in the world. In recent years relations between London and the Kremlin have deteriorated. Political assassinations and poisonings, Crimea, Eastern Ukraine and hybrid threats […]
The threat from China: Japan’s role in global security
In the past 50 years, three Japanese presidents—Nakasone Yasuhiro (1982–87), Koizumi Junichiro (2001–06), and Abe Shinzo—have emerged as independent world leaders (from 2006-07 and 2012-20). History will consider Abe to be the most significant of these. He changed Japan’s post-war political identity, participation in international affairs and strategic objectives. There is no better example of […]
Chinese and Indian markets welcome Russian oil
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin called on BRICS leaders to cooperate in the face of selfish acts from the West. BRIC countries is an investing concept for the four large emerging markets and developing countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. “Only on the basis of honest and mutually beneficial cooperation can we look […]
Turkey’s military operations in northern Syria
At the end of last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that his country would soon launch a new military operation into northern Syria which he said would target Kurdish “terrorists”. “We are taking another step in establishing a 30-kilometre security zone along our southern border. We will clean up Tal Rifaat and Manbij”, […]