A growing number of Israelis and international groups have accused the country of operating apartheid-like conditions in its treatment of Palestinians both with the country and in occupied areas, The New York Times reported. Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth told The Times that the “oppression of Palestinians there has reached a threshold and...
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS
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CHAD: MORE AFRICAN WAR DRUMS BEATING
Rebel fighters in Chad – known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad – threatened to depose Gen. Mahamat Idriss Déby from power shortly after the nation’s military granted him the leadership role after his father’s killing, a move condemned by some of its citizens and a number of nations as a blatant...
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ISRAEL VS. SYRIA: GETTING HOTTER
The Israel Defense Forces carried out airstrikes outside Damascus Thursday shortly after reports of an explosion near one of its nuclear plants. Damascus fired off an advanced surface-to-air missile that landed close to a nuclear reactor near Dimona, which the Jerusalem Post reported was the longest-range attack by Syria. The report said the country’s air defense system...
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ISRAEL STRIKES IN IRAN ARE “EMBARRASSING”
The Trends Journal has long been reporting on a clandestine war between rivals Israel and Iran. Last week, we ran the article, “IRAN BLAMES ISRAEL FOR NUCLEAR FACILITY EXPLOSION” and on 16 March, “ISRAEL TARGETS IRANIAN OIL SHIPMENTS TO SYRIA.” The reports point out that the Israeli military seems intent on making good on Prime Minister Benjamin...
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PUTIN PUTS PRESSURE ON UKRAINE
As we reported in the Trends Journal, Russia had moved over 100,000 troops and artillery along its border with Ukraine, as tensions between the two nations ramped up. After flexing its military strength, Russia announced last week that it was moving the troops deployed to the border with Ukraine back to their home bases by...
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CHINA’S PRESIDENT XI: “WE’RE #1”
China’s President Xi Jinping said Thursday that global affairs should not be set by a single country that gives “the whole world a rhythm.” While not mentioning the U.S. by name, he said, “Bossing others around and interfering in other countries’ international affairs will not be well received.” Xi made his comments during a speech...
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TAIWAN MILITARY RAMP-UP WILL NOT STOP CHINA
The Trends Journal has been reporting on the rise of China and its growing influence in the region and around the world. In our 30 March article, “CHINA TO TAKE TAIWAN: A MATTER OF TIME,” we forecast that at some point, China, as with Hong Kong, would take complete control of Taiwan. Our 2 February article, “CHINA...
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UKRAINE TENSIONS HEATING UP: RUSSIA AMASSING TROOPS
Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine and announced on Friday it will begin military exercises in the Black Sea and will block foreign ships in parts of it through October. The U.S. State Department condemned Russia’s actions saying this was part of an “ongoing campaign to undermine and destabilize...
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INDIA: MORE LOCKDOWNS, MIDDLE CLASS VANISHING
Another day, another round of lockdowns and more economic hardships. Starting yesterday, India imposed a lockdown on its capital, New Delhi, as COVID cases spiked in the city of 29 million people. The shelter-in-place dictates require people to not leave their homes, and “non-essential” businesses, including factories, must close for at least a week. PUBLISHER’S...
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MYANMAR: OPPOSITION FORMS NEW GOVERNMENT
As we have been reporting since the 1 February coup in Myanmar, protests continue to break out in the country to call the military junta illegitimate, despite hundreds being killed by the country’s security forces. Tens of thousands of protesters in Myanmar have taken to the streets to fight for democracy after a military coup...