2019 Forecast for Afro-Eurasia

2019 Forecast for Afro-Eurasia

The fast-moving and full-spectrum paradigm changes catalyzed by the emerging Multipolar World Order accelerated in 2018 and are poised to continue dramatically reshaping Afro-Eurasian geopolitics across the next year. The Significance Of End-Of-The-Year Strategic Forecasting 2018 was the year when the New Cold War – which had been percolating since the Soviet dissolution in 1991…

Did a Rohingya-Like “Ethnic Cleansing” Just Happen in Angola?

Did a Rohingya-Like “Ethnic Cleansing” Just Happen in Angola?

The large-scale and rapid outflow of 380,000 Congolese from northeastern Angola over the past couple of weeks draws immediate comparisons to last year’s Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar, but a closer examination reveals that both of them didn’t exactly unfold according to the Mainstream Media’s narrative and that they each played into America’s geopolitical hands whether…

The Chinese-Indian “Great Game” in East Africa

The Chinese-Indian “Great Game” in East Africa

Introduction China and India are actively competing with one another in East Africa, though this struggle for influence has largely failed to attract significant global attention. Both Great Powers are reluctant to recognize this in order to preserve their superficial and largely limited partnership through BRICS, while the US and its Mainstream Media partners don’t…

China Is Centralizing Its Levers of Control Over the Congo

China Is Centralizing Its Levers of Control Over the Congo

The creation of a business association of Chinese mining companies in the Congo should be interpreted as Beijing centralizing its levers of control over the country through the establishment of a powerful lobbying group that will undoubtedly advance the strategic interests of the People’s Republic while the Central African state undergoes an unprecedented political transition…

Rwanda Is Poised to Play an Irreplaceable Role in Russia’s “Pivot to Africa”

Rwanda Is Poised to Play an Irreplaceable Role in Russia’s “Pivot to Africa”

Lavrov’s visit to Rwanda was an astounding success because he discussed future military deals (including over air-defense systems), nuclear energy prospects, and economic cooperation with his counterpart, but there’s more than meets the eye because some crucial context needs to be mentioned about what brought this unlikely pair of countries together in the first place….