Category: Geopolitics
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Kyrgyzstan abolishes its independent torture monitoring body
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has expressed its dismay at Kyrgyzstan’s decision to abolish its National Centre for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT) without public consultation. The Kyrgyz Government had initially outlined plans to transfer the functions of the NCPT to the Kyrgyz Institute of the Ombudsman in June 2022. It has…
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Trump says Iran’s key nuclear sites were ‘obliterated’ by US air strikes
On 21st June 2025, US President Donald Trump made a national address where he confirmed that the ‘three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime’ had been destroyed. Trump called the strikes a ‘spectacular military success’, and added that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities ‘have been completely and totally obliterated.’ The three sites, Fordo, Netanz, and…
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Uncomfortable bond: China and Taiwan
Officially known as the Republic of China, Taiwan is an island separated from the mainland of China by the Taiwan Strait and has been independently governed by ROC since 1949. Relations between mainland China and Taiwan have since then been fraught with tension, as China asserts that any recognition of Taiwan as a separate state…
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Venezuela: Petrostate rise and fall
A recent vote in Venezuela to annex part of Guyana has stirred further tension and fear within the already tense South American country. According to the Venezuelan Government, the nation has approved a referendum which was called by President Nicolás Maduro Moros to claim sovereignty over the disputed Essequibo region of Guyana. The National Electoral…
