geopolitics

"The Chinese dislike being touched by strangers. Do not touch, hug, lock arms, back slap or make any body contact.”

War is not a football match.

War is a very rational act.

The object of war is to win.

…it ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Wagner fighters agreed to halt their advance and return to their base in exchange for a guarantee of their safety.

China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran issued a joint communique announcing normalising of diplomatic relations between the Saudis and the Iranians. This is huge.

Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow was suspending participation in a treaty with the United States limits their numbers of strategic nuclear warheads.

Nigeria goes to the polls this weekend. Here are ten things you need to know about the issues facing Africa’s most populous country:

On this day in 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. Between 70,000–80,000 people were killed by the blast and resultant firestorm.

Established military wisdom has it that an invading army needs to outnumber defenders by a 3:1 ratio.

One of the questions we should always ask ourselves is "what if we get what we want?"

Let me give you some examples.

Many people wanted Donald Trump impeached as US president.

Yesterday, in response to rising inflation, the South African Reserve Bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points.

Once cannot really blame the team at the SARB who voted unanimouslyThey differed only in the quantum — one wanted a 25 basis points increase. in favour of raising interest rates — “The primary object of the South African Reserve Bank is to protect the value of the currency in the interest of balanced and sustainable economic growth in the Republic," says South Africa’s Constitution.