geopolitics

In 1991, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, took to the screens. This would become William Shatner’s final voyage on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise as Captain James T. Kirk.

The premise of the movie is that the Klingon moon Praxis, a key energy production facility, explodes, leading to radioactive contamination which will destroy the ozone layer of the Klingon home world. As a result, the Klingons propose opening a dialogue for peace with their long-term enemies, the International Federation of Planets.

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution today demanding Russia immediately end its military operations in Ukraine.

Russia’s currency, the Rouble, has plummeted 24% against the US dollar over the past 5 days

Putin is in a far stronger position than Biden.

There are only two things we need to know to understand why, but I’m going to give you eight reasons.

I’m sitting in a hotel room in Harare, Zimbabwe, and engaging in a bit of a gedankenexperiment. Here’s the scenario:

1. Almost 10% of Zimbabwe’s official GDP comes from expat remittances; most of this from South Africa in rands.

France’s president Emmanuel Macron and Russia’s president Vladimir Putin met in Moscow. They were pictured sitting at opposite ends of a long table which immediately reminded me of the adage that he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon.

United States president Joe Biden has been making a lot of noises about appointing an African-American woman to the country’s Supreme CourtHere's a comprehensive list of Joe Biden's judicial appointments to date. ; this after incumbent Justice Stephen Breyer recently announced his intent to retire at the end of the court’s current term.