Alternative for Germany (AfD) was founded in Berlin in 2013 by long-standing members of the Christlich-Demokratische Union (CDU), Alexander Gauland, Konrad Adam, Bernd Lucke and Gerd Robanus. Gauland, a journalist and historian and Adam, a publicist, had become involved in...
Kim Jong Un is the president of North Korea. We know very little about him, apart from the (little) information disseminated by North Korean propaganda. The true story of Kim, although shrouded in mystery, is nevertheless very interesting. The “great...
There was much confusion emerging from the White House over the US-China trade deal on Monday. Before the coronavirus pandemic worsened relations between both nations, US President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed Phase One of a...
Sergei Naryshkin is not a familiar name outside of Moscow. The director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service remains in the background, as most spy chiefs do. In a rare interview with BBC, however, Naryshkin rationalized the Kremlin’s view of the...
After sealing an agreement with Italy on June 9 that ended a decades-long pending issue over the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) between Greece and Italy, Athens next seemed to be turning its attention to the Aegean front. Greek Foreign Minister...
With the implementation of the first bundle of Washington’s strangling sanctions against Damascus as part of Trump’s so-called Caesar Act, Syria, its allies and much of the Middle East region is bracing itself for more tension and escalation. Their response...
Last week the UN Security Council, the only body in the United Nations that can issue legally binding resolutions for the 193 UN member states, elected new non-permanent members. For Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the vote was yet another...
The release of former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s book The Room Where It Happened on June 23rd could not come at a worse time for US President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump already has a plethora of issues to deal...
Iranian diplomacy sprinted into full gear hours after the recent announcement by Moscow and Ankara that bilateral talks to discuss developments and agreements regarding both Syria and Libya had been called off. The planned meeting was put off at the...
Pyongyang has repeatedly threatened Seoul with threats of military action at the Korean border, which has been empty since January due to COVID-19 restrictions. However, a joint liaison office building shared with South Korea near North Korea’s border town of...