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China's peace points for Ukraine and its plan to get more involved in the war
The main purpose of Beijing's strategic partnership with Russia is to counter Western political hegemony in the world. On the economic...
Feb 25, 20232 min read


What are the peace proposals for the war in Ukraine?
In December 2021, Putin issued a threat to the West asking for security guarantees. This happened two years after Zelensky changed the...
Feb 17, 20234 min read


How valid are the referendums in eastern Ukraine used to justify Russia's annexation?
When the Soviet Union splitted in 1991, Ukraine found itself harboring hundreds of nuclear weapons that the Kremlin had placed there...
Feb 8, 20234 min read


Why Turkey is saying no to Sweden for NATO membership?
Sweden and Finland applied in May last year to join NATO following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ending their official military...
Jan 27, 20234 min read


Why many European countries are getting angry against Germany?
Germany exports one of the best battle tanks in the world, the Leopard 2. The private producer, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, has delivered...
Jan 24, 20233 min read


What is happening in Peru with the crisis?
In April 2021, Pedro Castillo, a former rural school teacher, union leader and son of illiterate parents, who moved to the capital Lima...
Dec 24, 20224 min read


Morocco's decolonization fight with France and Spain, and its invasion of Western Sahara
Morocco had been ruled by different Muslim dynasties as an empire since the 9th century, dominating Muslim Spain and all northern Africa,...
Dec 15, 20225 min read


Sanctions on Russia explained: the new oil cap price and other considerations
This week, G7 member states (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and US), plus Australia and the whole EU (without Hungary,...
Dec 6, 20224 min read


Why has China enforced a "zero Covid" policy that is resulting in rare massive protests?
Chinese vaccines are basically the only ones authorized for common use in the country. For people over 80 years old, these are just 30%...
Nov 28, 20222 min read


Qatar's World Cup scandals
According to many ways of measuring real GDP per capita, Qatar, located in the Arabian Peninsula, has been among the top 5 richest...
Nov 20, 20226 min read


Why is North Korea launching so many missiles?
The peninsula of Korea became a colony of the Japanese Empire in 1910. Many nationalist groups emerged seeking independence, but they...
Nov 8, 20228 min read


The political chaos in the UK: from Brexit to Liz Truss's resignation
After WW2, the United Kingdom was struggling to recover its economic prosperity and its empire was vanishing in Africa and Asia with the...
Oct 27, 20225 min read


Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan fighting a war?
Armenia has a long history of being home to ancient civilizations, and in the year 301 AC, it became the first state in the world to...
Oct 19, 20225 min read


Why are there so many protests in Iran?
Iran, known mostly until mid-20th century as Persia, has the longest record of being home to major civilizations without interruption...
Oct 11, 20225 min read


The battle for the presidency in Brazil
In 2018, Brazil elected a far-right president named Jair Bolsonaro, a former soldier under the Brazilian military dictatorship that...
Oct 6, 20225 min read


What is happening with the explosions of Russian pipelines in the Baltic Sea?
On Monday of this week, at least four major explosions were registered along the gas pipelines Nordstream 1 & 2 that run underwater on...
Sep 29, 20223 min read


Why did the extreme right won the latest elections in Sweden?
Sweden has been one of the most progressive countries in the world since it became a full liberal democracy in 1921, when the parliament...
Sep 22, 20227 min read


The countries where the British monarchy has political power
The British Empire became the largest in human history, reaching its peak of expansion in 1922 covering 25% of the world's land surface,...
Sep 10, 20224 min read


Iraq: From the US invasion of 1990 to the storming of the Parliament in 2022
The United States was the undeniable superpower that had defeated the communist bloc with an aggressive military strategy and promoting a...
Sep 2, 20225 min read


What is the situation in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban took over the country?
The Taliban, which means "students" in Arabic, is an Islamist group that ruled Afghanistan firstly from 1996 until 2001, when the United...
Aug 25, 20224 min read
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