The Mongols in the Middle East

How Islam Spread to Russia

29 Apr 2021

2021 Forecast: Europe – Will The EU Collapse?

In 2021, Europe will face challenges both familiar and unforeseen. The future of the old continent will to a large extent depend on the evolving global constellation of forces, but also on the way the European Union chooses to position itself.

31 Jan 2021

2021 Forecast: Africa – Neocolonialism At Its Worst

On January 1, 2021, African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area. The African Continental Free Trade Area aims to bring together 1.3 billion people in a $3.4 trillion economic bloc that will be the largest free trade area since the establishment of the World Trade Organization.

31 Jan 2021

Is COVID-19 crisis manufactured to stop China’s growth?

War against the "invisible enemy" goes on, even though it is still unclear how this fight started. The United States and China keep accusing each other of deliberately creating the novel coronavirus in order to achieve their own geopolitical agendas. The US officials blame Chinese authorities for fabricating information related to the origin of COVID-19, while Beijing claims it was the US Army that brought the coronavirus to China. There are theories that the US created the virus in order to slow China’s economic growth, while many Americans believe that People’s Republic of China sent hundreds of thousands of Chinese on aircraft to the West in order to spread the disease and destroy Western economies. In any case, the coronavirus has already caused a serious damage to both, the United States and China, and the two powers will likely take advantage of the situation and try to transform the global political, economic, financial and monetary systems.

25 May 2020

Middle East: Waiting for major war

4 Jan 2020

Will Kenya fall into China’s “Debt Trap”?

Kenya is among the African nations that China has had a growing influence in since the turn of the millennium. China has spent billions of dollars in Africa over the past few decades. Majority of its investments in Kenya go to infrastructure development, much like what China has been doing in the rest of Africa, as part of its Belt and Road Initiative, an estimated one trillion dollar plan to connect the country to trade routes all over the world. History China-Kenya relations date back to December 1963, when Kenya gained independence from British colonial rule. The alliance between the two nations started gaining momentum in the past couple of decades as China boosted investments aimed at infrastructure development in developing countries around the globe. It was the election of Mwai Kibaki as President of Kenya in 2002 that paved the way for a new era of Chinese investments in the country. Subscribe to read the full report We wish we didn't have to do this, but only paid subscribers can read the full article, Unlike other publishers, we are not the beneficiaries of State funds and are entirely dependent on our supporters to keep KJ Vids functioning. Please subscribe to read the rest of the article. Economic relations Latest trade deals Debt-trap Diplomacy Risks associated with the Belt and Road initiative Military/defence agreements By investing in KJ Vids, you are investing in yourself Our content succinctly contextualises the key geopolitical trends you need to know in order to make sense of world events. We can assure you that a regular dose of our content will be as healthy as fruit and vegetables for your mind. Subscribe for only £10 a month.

6 Aug 2019