On Wednesday the 5th this month, U.S.A House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California, U.S.A where he pledged what he described as U.S. A’s “unwavering” support for Taiwan. This prompted condemnation from Beijing which maintains that the self-ruled Island is a breakaway of mainland China and therefore an inalienable part of […]
By Moshi Israel The President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-Wen recently embarked on a 10-day visit to central and northern America. This “transit diplomacy” included a stop in the United States amid protests from China. The latter sees the visit as a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is because China views Taiwan […]
Globalization, to the average East African may sound like a distant abstract concept reserved to high powered political boardrooms and civil conference halls as a paperweight occasionally pulled out to spice political, economic and diplomatic discourse. It was thus with panic induced apprehension and fear that we; in Kampala and other parts of Uganda a […]
Historically, societies have been composed of both brave and timid people who have worn ideologies which if placed on an extensive social platter, the hardened principles of each individual clash. Conflict! It’s an inevitable reality that unfortunately, every society since time immemorial, has had to endure. Along the way, the said societies have always birthed […]
The created rift between the west and a huge percentage of the rest of the world implies of how the western assertive approach to some realities in the international system may not be good for the west and the world at large. The United States with its allies were best positioned to attract and keep […]
By Moshi Israel On Monday, the 20th of this month the Leader of China President Xi Jinping landed in Moscow on his first trip out of China since his re-election for a third term as President. Choosing Moscow as his first foreign trip re-affirms the close friendship between Russia and Beijing. President Xi’s long-awaited visit […]
Earlier this month on 10th March 2023, Xi Jinping who is the Secretary General of Chinese Communist Party (CPC) was formally reappointed as the president of the World’s second largest economy, China for a third five-year term. This was after the National People’s Congress (NPC), unanimously endorsed Mr. Xi, 69, with all of its 2,952 […]
After what appears to be a systematic and sustained campaign against Chinese telecom giant, Huawei, over what US authorities call security concerns, the US and some of her western allies turned their focus to other Chinese tech firms, TikTok being the latest victim. Earlier this month, a bipartisan group of US senators introduced a bill […]
By Mosh Israel During Modi-Putin heart-to-heart talk held on the on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Summit in Samarkand last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed to the Russian president that ‘today’s era is not of war…’ This comment was made in an effort by India to broker peace between Russia and […]
By Moshi Israel The European Union has been a key supporter of Africa’s fight against climate change. This support has ranged from climate resilience initiatives, sustainable development goals, and the transition to renewable energy on the entire African Continent. Many individual countries within the European Union have contributed immensely to this cause and Belgium […]