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Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (18-24 March 2024)

Economic

With ‘made-by-China’ under US pressure, Mexican trade probes spark concerns over curbs
Mexican tariffs on Chinese steel products indicate a willingness to accommodate US demands, analysts said, with additional tra....

Neighborhood News Digest – 26 September 2023

Afghanistan

Muttaqi Travels to Russia To Participate in Moscow Format Meeting – Tolo News
A delegation from the Islamic Emirate led by the acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi went to Russia on Monday to participate in ....

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 February 2023

DEFENCE

Neighborhood News Digest – 09 February 2023

Afghanistan
Regional Security Officials Meet in Moscow, Discuss Afghanistan – Tolo News
The fifth multilateral meeting of security envoys was held on Wednesday in Moscow, during which they discussed the situation in Afghanistan....

Remembering Gorbachev

“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” (William Shakespeare) Mikhail Gorbachev’s passing away on 30th August has compelled observers around the world to assess his place in history. For t....

China: Daily Scan, August 17, 2022

China steps up rural road construction to boost investment, employment: Xinhuanet
August 16, 2022
China will launch a new round of construction and rebuilding of rural roads, expand investment in rural construction and create mo....

CHEW AN LAI | A POEM

In Moscow close to the Bolshoi, I was approached by Hou Noh Lai, I sensed it was his clear intent To share with me a document That from China he’d filtered out, Which he stated was all about Xi Jinping’s plans of brinksmanship To f....

Turkey using refugees as a leverage

Turkey has aided all shades of Syrian rebels (except the Kurds) with arms and other kinds of support in the Syrian civil war since it began in 2011. The Turkish army has also launched incursions across the border and now controls swathes of territory....

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