Sunday 23 January 2022

Foreign Policy News

Foreign Policy News


A key lesson of 2021: American voters need to take foreign policy more serious

Posted: 23 Jan 2022 01:46 PM PST

By Vincenzo Caporale By most metrics, 2021 has been a net negative for the United States. Between covid-19 prolongation and political instability, disorder, fear, and death have marked this year. As a result, the United States can draw many lessons from the chaos—the least of which isn't that Americans need to take foreign policy more …

The slow construction of Africa’s Great Green Wall

Posted: 23 Jan 2022 07:31 AM PST

By Leah Garden The Sahel region of Africa runs across the width of the continent, covering several unique ecosystems as the sandy desert transitions to more productive, arable soil. Crossing multiple international borders, the Sahel has been suffering from drought and desertification since 1970. The lack of rain dries the soil, ruining the productivity of …

International realization of Afghanistan humanitarian crisis post OIC conference

Posted: 22 Jan 2022 02:43 PM PST

By Saima Afzal Pakistan has made continuous serious efforts to warn international community of the humanitarian crisis and security concerns in Afghanistan.  Pakistan's Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and National Security Advisor have raised this issue in their diplomatic engagements with multiple dignitaries. It has hosted the Troika Plus Summit in Islamabad where Russian, US and …

Why Biden’s Build Back Better plan is necessary

Posted: 22 Jan 2022 02:36 PM PST

Democrats in Congress and President Biden are attempting to get into law a $2 trillion package that will cover a wide range of objectives. The legislation, called Build Back Better (BBB), is wide ranging covering such areas as higher wages, access to quality and affordable health care, universal paid sick leave, combat climate change, and …

Why husbands often die first

Posted: 21 Jan 2022 02:27 PM PST

By Azu Ishiekwene My wife occasionally jokes that my stressful, high-strung lifestyle could mean I'll die before her. I've hardly paid any attention, until recently. Three weeks ago, we both visited a friend who lost his father on New Year's day. The deceased was over 90. We went in company with my friend and neighbour who …

Message to the US and Russia: don’t think about nuclear war

Posted: 21 Jan 2022 02:15 PM PST

War over Ukraine? It mustn't be. Some of us believed that at the end of the Cold War in 1991 American and Soviet nuclear rockets would be left to rust and rot in their silos. Indeed, we actually saw Ukraine, where the Soviets made most of their rockets and based many, (who says that Ukraine …

Chinese debt in Africa

Posted: 20 Jan 2022 02:21 PM PST

By Geoff Hill Near Nairobi in the lead-up to Christmas, young men with axes, machetes and shovels were busy clearing undergrowth from an old railway line. It was built by the British in 1898 when lions and malaria took a toll on workers. Mosquitoes are still a nuisance but the big cats are gone and the …

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