Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-releases-few-details-after-months-long-review-global-posture-2021-11-29/ On Monday, a 10-month review summarized into a report on the Pentagon’s strategy was published to the public, however, many critical details were left as confidential. The report concluded that President Joe Biden and his administration could possibly be shifting in the US’s global military position, with reanalysis of military allies and long-term goals. The Biden… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/latvia-calls-permanent-us-troops-guard-against-russia-threat-2021-11-29/ Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State, is planning to arrive in Riga, Latvia’s capital, to hold talks with NATO members and Latvian officials. The talks are to discuss the increasing threat of Russian annexations of parts of Eastern Europe. This comes after Russia moved 100,000 troops on its border with Ukraine and Belarus has become increasingly… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-president-maduro-brands-eu-electoral-observers-spies-2021-11-28/ The European Union sent a thousand observers to the Venezuelan regional elections. In these several regional elections, opposition parties challenged the legitimacy of elections, as they took major losses with Maduro’s Socialist party winning 20 of the 23 governor positions and 210 of the 327 mayoral races. Maduro reacted to these observers with firm criticism. On national… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-intensify-pressure-nicaraguas-ortega-following-sunday-election-official-2021-11-05/ Nicaraguan president and former-Marxist Guerilla, Daniel Ortega, is strongly favored to win his fourth presidential term. Ortega as president abolished presidential term limits, expanded his own families business, threatened independent news companies, and imprisoned opposition politicians, businessmen, protesters, and journalists. In response to these dictatorial actions, the US State Department and Biden administrations is planning on increasing… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/18/leaders-of-iran-and-venezuela-to-sign-20-year-cooperation-accord President Nicolas Maduro has set plans to visit Tehran, the capital of Iran, in the next few months where he will sign a 20-year cooperation accord which will create an economic cooperation committee between the two countries. These plans are announced shortly after Venezuela sent two million barrels of oil to Iran after Iran sent 2.1… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-canadian-warships-sailed-through-taiwan-strait-last-week-2021-10-17/ From October 1 to October 4, the People’s Republic of China has sent over 150 aircraft into Taiwanese airspace. To some in the international community, this is seen as an increased risk of a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan. In response to China claiming Taiwan as its own territory, military threats, and increased worry in Taipei, the… Read more »
