Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on the sizeable gap between China’s ambitions for the PSR and its actual capabilities and accomplishments in the Arctic – and the gap has widened since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: This month, the Biden administration announced it would soon name an ambassador-at-large to cover the Arctic, as part of the […]
Read more »Via Quartz Africa, a report on the arrival of ride-hailing apps in Senegal: The old yellow cabs that whizz around Senegal’s capital city of Dakar are hard to miss. Beckoning at oncoming traffic, passengers compete on street corners to secure themselves a ride. Unlike many other African countries, ride-hailing apps are not yet common in […]
Read more »Via WorldCrunch, commentary on how – following the escalation of the Chinese-U.S. trade war in 2018 – the “Made in China” label is not as ubiquitous as it once was and, while Southeast Asian economies are on the rise, their growth doesn’t necessarily threaten Chinese dominance: There have been a flurry of reports recently in […]
Read more »Via Sudan Tribune, a report on the first U.S. ambassador to Sudan in 26 years: John Godfrey, the first U.S. Ambassador to Sudan for 26 years, presented his credentials to the head of the military-led Sovereign Council Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on Thursday. “I look forward to strengthening the U.S. relationship with the Sudanese people, supporting […]
Read more »Via African Business, an article on how – despite centuries of exchanges, Arab-Africa trade currently stands at only 17% of the continental total – but signs are pointing to positive winds of change: While there has always been a strong desire to boost Arab-Africa trade, the rhetoric has largely failed to match the delivery. Arab-Africa […]
Read more »Via Rest of World, an article on how some of Venezuela’s gamers see esports as a way to escape the country’s crisis and investors are recruiting new gamers from some of the poorer parts of the country: Hidden on one of the top floors of a half-abandoned shopping mall in Altamira, an upper-class enclave of Caracas, […]
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