China's approach to peace in Africa is different. How and why
Jan 28, 2020 08:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
China has steadily increased its participation in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations in Africa since its first mission in 1989, when the UN monitored the independence of Namibia from South Africa. Its funding and...
Libya: why enforcing an arms embargo is so hard
Jan 27, 2020 03:18 am UTC| Insights & Views
A group of countries involved in the ongoing civil war in Libya agreed at a meeting in Berlin on January 19 to uphold a UN arms embargo and stop international meddling in the countrys conflict. Germany wants to find a...
The US-Iran conflict and what it means for Indonesia
Jan 22, 2020 08:00 am UTC| Insights & Views
The bitter US-Iran relationship has been going on for decades, but the tension between the two countries has started to escalate to a critical point after the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the...
What Iranians think of the US and their own government
Jan 18, 2020 11:59 am UTC| Insights & Views
After the Trump administration killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani with a drone strike on Jan. 3, anti-American protests in Iran subsequently spiked, with thousands mourning Soleimanis passing. As someone who...
In Iraq, Soleimani assassination complicates soft power battle between US and Iran
Jan 18, 2020 11:40 am UTC| Insights & Views
When thousands of anti-government protesters returned to Iraqs streets on January 10, they were expressing anger at the explosion of foreign interference in their countrys affairs in early 2020. Keep your war away, one...
US-China trade pact President Trump just signed fails to resolve 3 fundamental issues
Jan 18, 2020 11:36 am UTC| Insights & Views
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a trade deal with China on Jan. 15 intended as a first phase toward a more comprehensive agreement between the two countries. In exchange for some tariff relief, China promised to buy...
US and Iran have a long, troubled history
Jan 18, 2020 11:18 am UTC| Insights & Views
Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades at least since the U.S. helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, in August 1953. The U.S. then supported the long,...
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