Article Written by: Hugo Neves In January, Germany chancellor Angela Merkel cited in a speech an observation by Henry Kissinger about the importance of Europe’s transatlantic relations and dependence with the United States, to reevaluate…
Article Written by: Juliana Fernandes The Belt and Road Initiative comprises 138 countries, relying on a network of infrastructures that connect Europe, Africa, and Asia. However, the initiative has caused unsustainable debt and environmental damage….
In the next 3 Tuesdays, we’ll be publishing a series of articles addressing the Belt and Road Initiative, placing the project in a historical context and analyzing its application in practice. The BRI, as its…
This article is the continuation of Central Asia: The Stronghold of Russian Foreign Policy, part I, published on September 20 There was, simultaneously, a need by Russia to adapt its interests and priorities in the…
Foreign policy projects domestic interests and goals to the exterior, executed by diplomacy, and it is, as such, a fundamental tool for the positioning of states in the international system. One tends to consider that…
This article is the continuation of The Chinese Economic Transition, published on August 20. It was during the Nixon term that the USA decided to approach China, following the tense relationship that was in place…
Shinzo Abe resigns as Prime Minister of Japan The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe(Abe Shinzo, in the native naming convention where the family name appears first), announced his resignation last Friday due to health…
Article written by: Hugo Neves Sino-Australian relations have been deteriorating since 2017, when suspicions of covert attempts to influence from the Government of China in several sectors of Australian society erupted, accusations which China has…
When it comes to non-anglophone cinema, it’s very rare that a title penetrates the mainstream bubble in the west. We know that India and Nigeria have some of the most productive film industries in the…
Will the Chinese economy transition to a sustainable model and surpass the American economy in nominal terms? Authors in general disagree on this topic. The thesis that command economies, of socializing nature, would represent advantages…