Cambodia’s government can’t get to grips with the cyber-slavery compounds run by Chinese mafia gangs on its territory, as the government’s official response has veered between minimization of the problem and denial. This failure is putting pressure on foreign governments to protect their nationals from falling victim to the scams.
Rio Grande do Sul, a state in Brazil, is grappling with historic flooding. It’s just the latest reminder of the challenges posed by climate change.
The movement seeking reparations for slavery and colonialism has so far been met with minimal buy-in from the former colonial powers that benefited from the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But engaging with calls for reparations could be a powerful diplomatic gesture that those nations could offer to the Global South.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s five-day trip to Europe appears to be a campaign designed to sow divisions in Europe. He’ll find more success in some countries than others.
Last month, Colombia announced it will apply for BRICS membership, and Argentina formally requested to become one of NATO’s global partners. Ten years ago, both of those statements would have sounded absurd. But while they are a sign of Latin America’s changing diplomatic alliances, it would be a mistake to read too much into them.
China’s distant-water fishing fleet, the world’s largest, is engaging in human rights abuses and systematic illegal fishing on an unprecedented scale. Urgent action is needed now to rein in the Chinese fleet and end these abuses, which have global security and geopolitical ramifications, as well as real human costs.
The Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local elections held across the U.K. yesterday, likely previewing of the next general election.
Since the war in Gaza began, Israel’s Arab population and political leaders have faced censorship and backlash for opposing the war. But at the same time, Arab political parties and their leaders have skillfully managed the situation in order to prevent tensions from escalating between Israel’s Arab and Jewish citizens.
NATO’s intervention in Kosovo just over 25 years ago was based on ideas like “Responsibility to Protect,” which would come to serve as a guiding principle of U.S. foreign policy for more than a decade. But on a road paved with good intentions, “Responsibility to Protect” was always bound to do harm as well as good.
The Solomon Islands have become a battleground in the U.S.-China rivalry. The Pacific Island nation’s new PM is all but assured to favor the latter.
Accustomed for so long to one-party dominance, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress now finds itself in uncharted political territory ahead of May 29 elections. Among the many problems the ANC currently faces, one stands out: the emergence of the newly created MK Party, with former President Jacob Zuma at its head.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Europe is coming at a rather awkward time. European police and intelligence agencies have recently uncovered an astonishing number of alleged Chinese spies in a tidal wave of counterespionage activity in recent weeks, underscoring the sheer breadth of Beijing’s intelligence operations.
Pro-Palestinian protests that have reached a fever pitch across the U.S. have now spread globally. So have the crackdowns on them.
For almost 15 years, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been a fixture of EU politics, while leading a populist onslaught against liberalism at home. But even as Orban attracts fawning admiration from other anti-liberal populists in Europe and the United States, cracks are beginning to show in his own power base in Hungary.
While large economies like Germany, France and the U.K. have been mired in stagnant growth and even recession over the past few years, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain have managed to flip the EU’s economic script. But questions remain as to whether the region’s economic momentum can be maintained going forward.