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What Are China’s Military Ambitions?

Esquire 20 July 2017 Keep an eye on the Horn of Africa. Getty By Robert Bateman Jul 20, 2017 115 Russia, we noted last month, is boxed in by the tyranny of hydrography. They really have no way to get out onto the surface of the deep blue sea that is not constrained by land,...

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Chinese warships en route to Baltic Sea

Estonian World Review 18 July 2017 The Chinese armada is heading to Europe, as Beijing and Moscow look to boost their strategic ties. The next iteration...

Sanctions extension likely to hamper US-Sudan relations

The East African 15 July 2017 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir gives a press conference in the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum, on March...

China warns Japan to ‘get used to’ its bomber flights near Okinawa

news.com.au 17 July 2017 Jamie Seidel News Corp Australia Network CHINA this weekend sent a flight of six nuclear-capable bombers over...

Why China May Never Democratize

Bloomberg 11 July 2017 (Bloomberg View) — Will China ever become democratic? That question has been a staple of geopolitical discussion since...

In Africa, it’s China vs India and Japan

Sunday Guardian Live 8 July 2017 Tweet China’s Belt and Road Initiative is being confronted with Indo-Japanese Asia-Africa Growth Corridor. China’s...

Opinion divided on Trump lifting Sudan sanctions

The East African 2 July 2017 By FRED OLUOCH Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir gives a press conference in the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum,...

Divisions Among Gulf Arab States Increases Instability in the Horn of Africa

Global Research 30 June 2017 Gulf Cooperation Council isolation of Qatar impacts Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia and Sudan By Abayomi...

The future of choke points

The National 28 June 2017 A mirror reflects a computer screen displaying binary code in Taipei, Taiwan. EPA A choke point is defined as a point of congestion...

There I had free education’: Ex-Somali refugee

The East African 27 June 2017 Somali refugees fetching water at Dadaab in Kenya on July 31, 2011. FILE PHOTO | AFP Baidoa As a teenager, Aden Hussein...