Foreign Policy

It appears that Western tanks are headed to Ukraine, breaking another taboo. 

Ukraine’s military launched a devastating strike on New Year’s Day hitting a building housing recently mobilised Russian soldiers in the occupied region of Donetsk.

President Cyril Ramaphosa came to the helm of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC) in 2017 on an anti-corruption, or anti-state capture, platform.

President Alexander Lukashenko is looking for a mobilization exercise rehearsal to take place after consulting with the Orthodox Church.

China’s Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Co inked an agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan to extract oil.

The Chinese military is increasingly expanding its reach and capabilities worldwide.

In late August 2021, the US completed its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, ending a 20-year occupation.

European Council president Charles Michel heads to Beijing on December 1, the latest in a procession of western leaders to seek an audience with Xi Jinping, in a year when the Chinese president has cemented his position as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

There had been an outrage in Washington when Chinese ships sailed near the Arctic last autumn, even though they had broken no rules and crossed no borders. 

The US reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine has marked a significant transformation in US foreign policy during 2022.

Japan will double its defense spending in the face of emerging threats by China, North Korea and Russia, and may even build a new aircraft carrier, but it it may be feeding the dragon it wants to defend itself from as well.

American basketball star Brittney Griner has been freed after being detained by the Russians for ten months after her conviction on drug smuggling charges. The US exchanged her for Viktor Bout, who was serving a 25-year sentence in the United States for, among other charges, conspiracy to kill Americans.