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Despite worldwide trends towards protectionism, Africa, a rapidly changing continent, is preparing to create a trading bloc of 52 economies. While trade has been declining globally, encouraged by tariff and non-tariff barriers, protectionism has been on the rise. Events such as Brexit, the U.S.-China ...
Does the first Russia-Africa Summit mean opportunities for Russia? During the peak of the Soviet Union, there was no contestant to the powerful influence the superpower held in Africa. The 1970s were marked by the USSR’s active support of the African liberation fight, ...
... al-Qaeda affiliated group seeks to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia and controls much of the country's southern and central rural areas. Al-Shabaab operates in Somalia, carrying out terror attacks mostly against government forces and the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). Supposedly, Kenya is targeted by the group in revenge for its involvement in the Somali conflict. Richard Barrett What is the current state of Al-Shabaab? How is an inter-jihadi conflict between the group and ...
The Chinese role in the continent – like any Chinese step beyond its borders – is subject to a scrutiny by foreign politicians and experts The recent tenth BRICS Summit in Johannesburg and the forthcoming China-Africa Cooperation Summit in Beijing bring the Chinese-African relations to the center of political and academic discussions. The Chinese advance in Africa since the turn of the century have been spectacular: from a relatively low key player, Beijing ...
The fifth African Union-European Union (AU-EU) summit was held on 29-30 November 2017 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The leaders of African and EU countries once again gathered to develop strategic decisions on the future of their cooperation. Interestingly, this is ...
Turkish policy in Africa is a good example of how to develop sound interstate cooperation with the countries of the continent from scratch within a short period of time One can hardly fail to notice Ankara’s opening policy to Africa, despite its relative novelty, primarily ...
Global Water Situation One of the Millennium Development Goals drawn up by the WHO (World health Organization) is to halve the percentage of people without access to drinkable water. Since the end of 2011, 89% of the world population uses safe source of drinkable water, while 55% has water directly into their home. Despite this important result: The lack of safe water sources causes tens of thousands of deaths every day, especially children. 768 million people (source: UNICEF) are still without access...
In the past 25 years, Africa has made great strides towards development and peace, but conflict is still present in many places on the continent REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Dmitry Borisov: A Difficult Peace: The UN and the Challenges of Modern Peacekeeping To avoid relapse into ...
Recent events surrounding the International Criminal Court are indicative of broader issues and trends, including the acrimonious relationship between the ICC and Africa, as well as between the institution and the international community at large. Heavily criticized by many and praised by few, the ICC finds itself at a turning point. Will it reinvent itself or fade away? For the Hague-based International Criminal ...
... IFRI report, February 2016 A commentary on “L’endiguement renforcé: les politiques de sécurité de la France et des États-Unis en Afrique” IFRI report , February 2016. One of the most recent trends in African affairs has been the growing security cooperation between France and the United States, termed by IFRI as “ reinforced containment ”. A logical response to the many security challenges on the continent, the French-US approach may be ...
| Demilitarization of the region based on Russia-China "Dual Freeze" proposal |
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| Restoring multilateral negotiation process without any preliminary conditions |
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| While the situation benefits Kim Jong-un's and Trump's domestic agenda, there will be no solution |
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| Armed conflict still cannot be avoided |
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| Stonger deterrence on behalf of the U.S. through modernization of military infrastructure in the region |
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| Toughening economic sanctions against North Korea |
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