May 26, 2023 14:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The recent furore over accusations by the US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, that South Africa was supplying arms to Russia despite its declared policy of non-alignment, has sparked a debate on whether the...
May 26, 2023 14:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views
After a year of war in Ukraine it has become commonplace among western commentators to argue that the war is deeply rooted in the Russian mentality, history and culture. Russians, it is said have an imperial...
May 26, 2023 14:51 pm UTC| Politics
After the best part of a year, Russia has claimed victory in the meat-grinder that was the Battle of Bakhmut in Ukraines east. But the battle achieved virtually none of Russias original strategic objectives and came at a...
Africa's Russia-Ukraine peace mission: what can it achieve?
May 25, 2023 14:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
South Africas President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to lead an initiative of six African heads of state to explore an end to the year-long Russia-Ukraine war. The announcement followed his phone calls with both Russian...
May 25, 2023 14:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As G7 leaders were preparing for their recent summit in Japan, Chinas president Xi Jinping hosted his central Asian counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Central Asia is...
May 25, 2023 14:28 pm UTC| Politics
Chinas newest hypersonic missile, the DF-27, can fly as far as Hawaii, penetrate U.S. missile defenses and pose a particular threat to U.S. aircraft carriers, according to news reports of an assessment from the...
May 17, 2023 07:48 am UTC| Politics
On 11 May 2023 the US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, claimed that South Africa had secretly exported arms to Russia in December 2022. The announcement rapidly fed into a popular narrative that South Africa was...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India