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21 Sep Colombia-Venezuelan Border Still Faces Increased Tensions as Rival Armed Groups Broke a Years-long Truce

Posted at 13:33h in Uncategorized

President Iván Duque’s administration has launched a series of controversial military measures as part of its “Peace with Legality” policy, including a March airstrike on a rebel camp that killed two children, and the deployment of special forces in July to some of the country’s...

20 Sep China vs. QUAD

Posted at 13:31h in Uncategorized

In the past month, tensions have continued to grow between China and the Quad members over disputes such as Taiwan, Senkaku Islands, and growing alliances. There are concerns as to whether the disputes and continuous advances in military force in the region could lead to...

13 Sep Western Europe Expected to Keep Out Afghan Refugees

Posted at 14:28h in Uncategorized

The Taliban pushed into the Afghanistan capital on August 15 after the government collapsed and the president fled the country. Heavily armed Taliban fighters fanned out across the city causing panic across the country and nations raced to get their citizens, diplomats, embassy personnel, and...

13 Sep Haiti Earthquake

Posted at 14:26h in Uncategorized

On the morning of August 11th, Haiti was struck by a powerful earthquake with a death toll currently at 2,000 people. With mass levels of devastation and remote villages cut off from help, the situation in the country is under yet another major issue to...

27 Aug The Regional Ramifications of the Afghanistan situation: 3 Country Case Studies

Posted at 08:57h in Uncategorized

On 14 April 2021, the United States announced it would be withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan on 1 May. In subsequent months all hell would break loose in the country, with the Taliban seizing much of Afghan territory, including its key cities. The Afghan capital,...

26 Aug Belarus: Migrant Hybrid War

Posted at 14:33h in Uncategorized

On 9 August, the anniversary of last year’s fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus, the UK, the US, and Canada imposed sectoral sanctions on Belarus, targeting key exports such as potash and crude oil, and the UK closed its financial markets to Belarusian debt and securities....

23 Aug Mozambique’s Insurgency: Fighting Back

Posted at 15:10h in Uncategorized

In July, South African and Botswana military teams began to deploy to northern Mozambique to assist Mozambican government forces in combating a developing Islamist insurgency. They joined Rwandan soldiers as well as European and American military training forces in the area. With the foreign military help, Mocímboa da Praia,...

23 Aug What the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan means to neighbouring countries in the region

Posted at 15:08h in Uncategorized

The takeover of the Taliban in Afghanistan has shaken and caused security concerns all over the world, yet it's already impacting its neighbouring countries in the region. The Pakistan government has expressed positive views over the news and this is arguably not surprising considering the...

16 Aug Colombia continuous police brutality leads to civil unrest for the long term

Posted at 14:44h in Uncategorized

Colombian police are still illegally imprisoning, torturing and using deadly weapons against innocent demonstrators since April. Initially against a tax proposal that has since been axed, though they quickly morphed into a nationwide howl of outrage over entrenched economic disparity. Protesters stayed in the streets...

16 Aug Haiti’s President killed can things get any worse?

Posted at 14:42h in Uncategorized

The recent killing of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has raised alarm and further conflict in a country already divided and full of problems. What is still not currently known is why Moïse was murdered or who was responsible, but the effects of his death have...