In December 2020, leaders from Brussels and Beijing reached terms on a new EU–China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) which has since become a focal point of discussion amongst many commentators and analysts. The European Commission boasted that this “will be the most ambitious agreement that China has ever concluded…

When the Arab Spring erupted in 2011 it very quickly spread to Syria where the Syrian people took a stand against the corrupt, tyrannical, and the brutal regime of Al-Assad. For decades the Ba’athist regime operated a police state and used sickening methods of torture to preserve its iron fist…

For years now, the tension, rivalry, and the fighting in Yemen refuse to see an end in sight. The brutal war has resulted in creating an unprecedented level of hunger in the country, which is merely getting worse by the day. Despite the continuity of humanitarian assistance, over 20 million…

Since Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States, many have already started to discuss and analyse how Biden’s policies will play out in the Middle East, especially concerning the issues of Israel and the peace process, and the revival of the Iranian nuclear accords. Netanyahu showed much…

Recently there has been much discussion towards the likely invasion of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and how the United States should seek an unequivocal solution to the defense of Taiwan. As recently discussed by Richard Haass in Foreign Affairs he states, “the time has come for…

Does China Pose a Threat to the European Union? Europe has recently been facing several challenges; the increasing rise of nationalism, the demise of the European Union project, and its turbulent relationship with the United States. Furthermore, the rise of China and the prospect of its exerting influence in European…