Since the ousting of dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019, Sudan has been on a path towards democratization and civil rule. However, the 2021 military coup in the country represents a…
A retrospective exhibition of the important Austrian painter Alfred Zoff is currently being held at the Martin Suppan Galerie in Vienna. He was a master of seascape painting and of…
Korea’s remaining comfort women continue the world’s longest-running protest against their enslavement as sex workers during World War II. Japan has refused to apologize officially for these war crimes. Protests…
Nuclear Sharing (NS), or bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements with the United States, is based on the US/NATO policy of extended nuclear deterrence or the protection of the US nuclear umbrella. …
Established as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the G7’s Build Back Better World (B3W) Initiative will not be a serious competitor to China’s well-established infrastructure development strategy…
Gabriel Boric won the highly contested Chilean presidential election on 19 December 2021. Boric, leader of the left-wing Chilean party, has promised to turn a new leaf in Chilean politics.…
The EU has unveiled its EUR 300 billion infrastructure investment program for developing nations. The Europeans now face the challenge of selling their “values-based” alternative to China’s Belt and Road…
The People’s Republic of China is one step away from introducing the digital yuan as a tool to boost and control its economy. Beijing is actively testing the e-CNY: an…