Geopolitics

India and China are maintianing the momentum for normalising ties following the October meeting in Kazan between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chines President Xi Jinping

Few can afford to be massively tariffed by the US, let alone sanctioned, and most aren’t willing to burn their bridges with the US for ideological reasons at the expense of their immediate economic interests.

Driven by Agenda-2063 vision of the African Union (AU), Africa has already unveiled a blueprint for its rise. The strategic framework in turn is giving rise to several initiatives including the Transaqua project of reviving Lake Chad, which provides livelihood to millions of African in the heart of Sahel.

‘Doomsters’ is an occasional Russian expression used to categorise commentators that only see the ‘dark side to events’ (a vice quite prevalent during the Soviet era). Marat Khairullin, a highly respected Russian military analyst, says, “Today, a network of mercenary war bloggers has begun another round of moaning – this time about Syria, where apparently everything is lost for Russia”.