Category: Foreign Policy

NATO allies collectively rejected Ukraine’s request for a no-fly zone in Ukrainian air space as it would potentially lead to a full-fledged world war.

In a historic session, the United Nations unanimously passed a resolution that deplores the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a vote of 141 out of 193 in favor of Ukraine.

The first day of March proved to be a difficult day for the global oil market as the price of crude oil shot up on the list of concerns of impending supply chain disturbance. Over the past few days, countries across the globe piled on economic sanctions on Russia in response to its ongoing ‘special […]

After Ukrainian President Zelensky applied to be part of the EU, the European Parliament has now accepted Ukraine’s application and will support its candidacy for membership.

In a historic and rare emergency meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) requested by the United States and Albania and  following Russia vetoing a resolution that condemns their invasion of Ukraine.  Countries have condemned and backed a proposal demanding that the Kremlin stop its invasion of Ukraine in an attempt to corner Russia […]

The US, EU, and Japan are banning certain Russian banks from SWIFT in a unified stance against Russia to cut it off from the international financial system.

Following initial hesitation from the Ukrainian side to hold peace talks due to the location of the dialogue, Ukrainian and Russian delegates finally agreed to meet at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border near Pripyat River for a peace talk, a potential end to the war. No significant changes or ceasefires were agreed upon during the talk. However, both parties did say that a 2nd round of negotiations was possible in order to achieve a ceasefire.

Following the Russian advance into Ukraine, the United Nations Security Council had introduced a resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 25. The Russian Federation vetoed the resolution by virtue of its powers being a permanent member of the council, with 11 of the council’s 15 members voting in favor of the condemnation.

    In a world where we often have a hard time telling the difference between straight news and fake news, we don’t get much help from the mainstream media which never forgets to remind us that they are always at the center of any story they tell.  Most of us have seen the hilarious […]

Following in the footsteps of the United States, the United Kingdom, and other allies who sanctioned Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, Latvia, and Lithuania imposed new sanctions on Russia. New calls for Russia to be cut from SWIFT also arose amidst the invasion.

US President Joe Biden has announced that he will be deploying 7,000 additional US troops to Germany and a new set of hard-hitting economic and fiscal sanctions to Russia.

Putin has offered to negotiate on the surrender of Ukraine to stop their attacks, but on terms that would end it as a sovereign country.