At present, Denmark’s capacities include four ageing inspection vessels, a Challenger surveillance plane and 12 dog sled patrols, all tasked with monitoring an area four times the size of France. The deal includes funding three new Arctic navy vessels doubling the number of planned long-range surveillance drones to four, asContinue Reading
As U.S. President Donald Trump stepped into office for the second time, most of the attention on foreign policy seemed to revolve around China, Ukraine, and the crisis in the Middle East. Afghanistan seems to have been de-prioritized yet again, but for behind-the-scenes dealings that largely went unnoticed. On JanuaryContinue Reading
During his nomination hearing to become the next U.S. secretary of state, then-Senator Marco Rubio noted that the U.S. government should engage Central Asia and called for the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to be annulled. These statements caused optimism in Central Asia, particularly by the Kazakhstani and Uzbekistani media, that the regionContinue Reading
Now, after Trump’s comment and actions on the first day of his presidency, the group’s crisis helpline is once again receiving a torrent of calls. Sixty-two percent of incoming calls this week, the group tells WIRED, are from trans and gender-nonconforming adolescents age 14 to 17. The callers are expressingContinue Reading
Under the executive order, DOGE teams, which “will typically include one DOGE Team Lead, one engineer, one human resources specialist, and one attorney” will be dispatched to various agencies. They will be granted “access to all unclassified agency records, software systems, and IT systems,” ostensibly with the goal of streamliningContinue Reading
IMPACT ON LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES Trump’s hardline policies have strained relationships with some Latin American nations. While some countries including Guatemala have accepted military deportation flights, Trump has faced resistance from Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, elected in 2022 as the first left-wing leader of Latin America’s fourth-largest economy. “The UnitedContinue Reading
The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States coincides with a significant milestone in Central Asia-U.S. relations: the 10th anniversary of the C5+1 format. Bipartisan support in the U.S. has long underpinned engagement with Central Asia, but Trump’s return to the presidency has sparked renewedContinue Reading
