Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS

The months-long protests in Thailand that involve the country’s youth, who have demanded changes to its constitutional monarchy, continued last week. Riot police used water cannons to break up at least one demonstration that was approaching Bangkok’s Grand Palace. These protesters have also called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down. The Guardian reported that...

The weeks-long conflict that erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh between Azerbaijan and Armenia resulted in 90,000 civilians fleeing the area, as Azeri forces advance on the key strategic town of Shusha. Zaur Mammadov, Chairman of the Baku Club of Political Scientists, a think tank, told the Wall Street Journal this is “the most important moment now in...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last Thursday that the U.S. would impose new financial restrictions on Cuba because its military has been dipping into remittances and using the funds to “oppress the Cuban people” and fund its “interference in Venezuela,” The New York Times reported. The paper reported the Trump administration wants to end...

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha last week called off the country’s emergency decree that was in place due to the months-long, student-led protests which have engulfed the country. Prayuth said in a nationally televised address that he hoped to de-escalate the situation in the country. The Wall Street Journal reported Prayuth has also put some...

The rise of China has fostered national pride among its citizens. Some see a disturbing trend that any public criticism is met with a fierce rebuke, which could result in online harassment and the loss of a job, a report said. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that political researchers say the surge in...

As we have been reporting when demonstrations broke out across Lebanon last October, it was a one of many nations erupting in the “New World Disorder.” From France to South Africa, from India to Chile, tens of millions across the globe were taking to the streets, protesting the lack of basic living standards, government corruption,...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashninian appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide security assistance while fighting continues over Nagorno-Karabakh, which would be seen as a major development in the conflict and could result in a showdown with Turkey. The Associated Press reported last Saturday that the Kremlin was yet to respond to Pashninian’s request....