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Asad el Malik, PhD On February 2, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration would halt all future U.S. assistance to South Africa, citing concerns over the country’s land expropriation policies. The decision, which has already triggered a decline

When a new law banning TikTok in the US came into effect on 19 January 2025, the popularapp stopped working across the country. While we expected diplomatic relations between theUS and China to be the most affected, what is observable

IMAGE CREDIT: Atlantic Council By Paul Mukoki, PhD Introduction The Trump administration's recent decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreementduring its second term has reignited concerns about the future of global climate policy. TheParis Agreement, which was adopted in December 2015,

By Bob Wekesa The US is a powerful country. The leadership transition starting January 20 has been the subject of debateglobally.As of Friday, 23, President Donald J. Trump has signed over fifty executive orders, swiftly upending JoeBiden's domestic and international governance policies.

By Bob Wekesa Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th US President tomorrow. By Tuesday analysis will shift fromexpectations to the realities of the second four-year Trump administration. Observers of US and globalpolitics will drill into his inauguration

IMAGE CREDIT: AP By Bob Wekesa On nearly all fronts, the expectation of a return to President Donald Trump’s first-term foreign policy is aself-fulfilling prophecy. Before we even get to the flurry of executive orders that have reset the USengagement with the

Image Credit: Euractiv By Bob Wekesa Winding down 2024 and welcoming 2025 is a space-time moment to reflect on Africa and the world. In2024, global tensions from previous years and decades continued unabated. It is as if the change in time did not