WHAT DOES BIDEN-XI CALL INDICATE ABOUT THE CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS?
On April 02, President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation to discuss China-U.S. relations. The call was the first high-level interaction between both presidents since the Woodside Summit in San Francisco in November 2023, and the first by phone since 2022
In the aftermath of the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, the Biden Administration announced its support to Israel in the form of a $105 billion national security package that included military and humanitarian assistance for Israel and Ukraine. Out of $105 billion, $14.3 billion — as supplementary funding — was meant to provide security […]
In a new report unveiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), it was revealed that records for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic Sea ice cover, and glacier retreat have not only been surpassed but often shattered. The WMO State of the Global Climate 2023 report paints a […]
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) recently published its Yearbook 2024, according to which “the number and types of nuclear weapons have increased as countries deepen their reliance on nuclear deterrence.”1 While the U.S. and Russia together hold 90 percent of global nuclear weapons, others are building up their nuclear arsenals. SIPRI has estimated […]
Every year the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists sets its Dooms Day Clock signifying how close the world is to a nuclear catastrophe. In January 2024 they announced it at 90 seconds to midnight.1 In 2023, they moved it from 100 seconds to midnight to 90 seconds to midnight.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is all set to revolutionize how militaries operate and conduct future wars. AI is also being incorporated in every facet of life in the civilian domain from ChatGPT to healthcare, education, agriculture, social media, advertising, customer service, financial services, and transport. AI, especially military AI, raises profound ethical and legal questions about […]
Amidst the changing global strategic dynamics, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members continue their efforts to forge closer ties and boost collaboration within the framework of the organization. The intent is to expand the horizons, thus establishing stronger relevance of the organization in the realm of multilateral global institutions.
In the past decade, China has significantly expanded its diplomatic and commercial footprint in the Middle East. Chinese investment in the Middle East mostly concentrates in the sectors of energy, infrastructure and agriculture.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held a two-day session on January 11-12, 2024, in The Hague, as South Africa filed a petition against Israel in ICJ under Article IX of the Genocide Convention, contending that Israel “intends to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group, […]
In April 2023 violence broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the country’s military and a paramilitary organisation known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti.