11/03/2022 5:30 AMOne of the most important security challenges in Africa currently is the Gulf of Guinea. The area is a known hotspot for acts of piracy. Overfishing of the Gulf is also a factor along with other forms of criminal activity.
Piracy itself isn’t the only risk at play in the region. There are multiple Political Risks as well in the...
24/01/2022 6:00 AMEl ring de los gallos: El reto. A la vista de las alarmantes noticias, los titulares y el nerviosismo que impera a nivel político en las cancillerías de gran parte del mundo, parece que estamos al borde de empezar la III Guerra Mundial; cuando en realidad, no creo que, de ninguna manera eso se pueda dar.
Llevamos años observando la...
15/11/2021 8:53 AMThroughout history, the People’s Republic of China (PRC/China) has followed a policy of concealing capabilities and avoiding the limelight – sugarcoating defence capabilities – projecting them as humanitarian disaster relief aid. Beijing began thinking of building China into a “maritime great power” (MGP) as early as 2003 but...
05/07/2021 7:00 AMAt the strategic level, the Sino-Indian rivalry is a few decades old. Historically – whenever the People’s Republic of China (PRC/China) is faced with internal and external pressure – it has established its domination in the region by displaying aggression against India. Interestingly, India in 1962, and the PRC in 2020 were both...