Tokayev’s and Xi Jinping’s ROMANCE over the Belt and Road Initiative
Kazakhstan was China's first Belt and Road Initiative partner, and 13 years later, it remains the program's largest recipient and its most important actor.
Marcos Jr and Xi Jinping: Dangerous Frenemies in the South China Sea
Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Xi Jinping at APEC 2022. Public domain image via Picryl (PDM 1.0). Since Marcos Jr.’s electoral victory in the 2022 Presidential election and Xi Jing Ping’s…
Assimi Goïta COLD as JNIM Forces Encircle Bamako
The fuel blockade imposed by the JNIM in September 2025 and later expanded in November, has led to massive fuel shortages in the capital city of Bamako. Assimi Goïta, the…
Jennifer Geerling-Simons MILD after winning Surinamese presidential elections
Jennifer Geerling-Simons was elected in July 2025, and has a political career spanning 30 years. She comes into office at a crucial time, as Suriname recently discovered huge oil reserves,…