April, 2023

• 20 April

  Fighting between Sudan military rivals enters a second day, with dozens dead

  

  Fierce fighting across Sudan entered a second day as months of tensions between a paramilitary group and the country’s army erupted into violence. Clashes around the army headquarters and presidential palace in capital Khartoum involved heavy weapons. There have also been reports of battles hundreds of miles away in the …

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• 19 April

  AUKUS Warms Up The Taiwan Straits – Analysis

  

  Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS) laid out the sail plan for Canberra’s $368 billion, multiyear program to acquire its own nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) fleet. It is Australia’s biggest defense buildup since the end of World War II and will induct it to an elite club of …

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• 19 April

  Assertive (Dis)unity: Assessing Macron And Von Der Leyen’s Visit To China – Analysis

  

  President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China, along with the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, comes after years of spiralling relations with Beijing over issues including blocked investment agreements, human rights violations, market access disagreements, and Beijing’s reluctance to condemn Russia over its actions in Ukraine. The joint visit …

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• 19 April

  Big Changes In United Arab Emirates Foreign Policy – Analysis

  

  Diversification and Less Confrontation After a Decade of an Activist Foreign Policy (FPRI) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is in the last two years intensively pursuing a diversified foreign policy. This stems in part from disappointment with American reactions to the Houthi drone attacks on Abu Dhabi in February …

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• 19 April

  Russo-Ukraine War As A Black Swan Event: Potential Catalyst For A World War 3.0? –

  

  Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported separatist movements in eastern Ukraine in 2014. The conflict has escalated despite diplomatic efforts to pacify the situation, with both sides accusing each other of aggression and violations of sovereignty and international laws. The conflict is already devastating for the Ukrainian people and …

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• 19 April

  China’s Strategic Plan For Malaysia – Analysis

  

  The trip to China by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the end of March has secured a huge win for Beijing, which exposes the deep vulnerability and the ingrained sense of desperation on Malaysia’s part. The prime minister is in an extremely tight spot, needing to ensure Malaysia’s concerns …

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• 19 April

  The South China Sea: A Hotspot That Can Trigger World War III – Analysis

  

  The Pacific region is an area of instability and interweaving of geopolitical interests. In that region, the interests of the superpowers China and the United States collide, as well as other nearby Asian countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, the two Koreas, Thailand. Each country looks after …

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• 19 April

  The End Of Germany’s Nuclear Power

  

  This weekend sees the end of an era as Germany’s long journey away from generating power from nuclear takes place with the closure of its last three operating reactors. What is happening? The last three operating nuclear power reactors in Germany are being permanently shut down on 15 April. Isar …

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• 19 April

  Michał Szułdrzyński: To save support, PiS stabs Ukraine in the back

  

  By introducing, together with Orbán, a ban on the transport of food from Ukraine, PiS turns its back on Kiev, opens another dispute with the EU and squanders the moral capital that Poland gained last year by helping its attacked neighbor. It’s a good news. For Putin The really alarming …

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• 19 April

  12 YPG terrorists killed after N. Syria attack on Turkish troops

  

  Twelve terrorists of the PKK’s Syrian wing, the YPG, have been killed in northern Syria as Ankara retaliated after a recent attack on Turkish soldiers, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said late Monday. Speaking in the central Kayseri province during an iftar dinner with earthquake victims, Akar underlined that Ankara continued …

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