Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS

It’s a repeat of what was going in Columbia back in 2019 before the COVID War was launched and protests were banned: the “New World Disorder” trend. Tens of thousands of Colombians have again taken to the streets in protests over inequality, poverty, and corruption and have been met with a violent crackdown by the...

As we have been reporting in the Trends Journal, since 1 February, tens of thousands of protesters in Myanmar have taken to the streets to fight for democracy after a military coup overturned recent election results and arrested the civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who reportedly won by a landslide this past November. The...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ukraine last week and assured Kyiv the U.S. supports its sovereignty. He also said it is incumbent on the country to take steps to weed out corruption. The Washington Post described Blinken as delivering a “sweet and sour” message to the country. He said Ukraine is not only threatened by...

On Monday, some 1,000 Israeli security forces stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, injuring more than 300 Palestinians. According to WSWS.com, the troops locked worshippers inside the mosque, preventing them from getting medical help and beating up those who sought to help the injured. “What is going on is a crime perpetrated by the...

As we reported in our 22 September issue, the anti-lockdown message of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the head of Madrid’s regional government, had begun to resonate with Spaniards.  Díaz Ayuso, a member of the country’s Popular Party, said in September that the lockdowns spell economic disaster: “We have to avoid at all costs a state of...

Countries have increased their military spending worldwide by 2.6 percent in 2020, during a year of economic challenges due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a report. “We can say with some certainty that the pandemic did not have a significant impact on global military spending in 2020,” Diego Lopes de Silva, a researcher with...

As the Trends Journal has been reporting since November, the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has resulted in a mass exodus and slaughter of those living in the area at the hands of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. The stated reason for Ahmed’s government launching the major offense against...

As we have been reporting in the Trends Journal, since 1 February, tens of thousands of protesters in Myanmar have taken to the streets to fight for democracy after a military coup overturned recent election results and arrested the civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who reportedly won by a landslide this past November. The...

Ukrainian troops that have been sent to the Donetsk region of the country have been squaring off with Russian separatists for nearly seven years. Although Moscow recently withdrew some of its forces from the border, many see no end in the standoff that has killed 14,000, according to a report. “The conflict with Russia will...

Several protesters were killed in Chad on 27 April as thousands took to the streets to voice their contempt over the appointment of Gen. Mahamat Idriss Déby as leader of the Transitional Military Council shortly after his father’s killing – a move many in the nation condemn as a coup. His father, Idriss Déby –...