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Recalibrating U.S. Foreign Policy: President Trump's May 2025 Gulf Visit and Its Strategic Implications

President Donald J. Trump's May 2025 visit to the Gulf states of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) marked a pivotal moment in the United States' (U.S.) foreign policy engagement in West Asia (the Middle East).[1] During the...

Neighbourhood News Digest - 06 May 2025

Afghanistan Ministry: Afghanistan-Kyrgyzstan Trade Reached $66M in 1403-Tolo News The Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced that Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan recorded $66 million in trade during the past solar year (1403). Akhundzada Abdul Salam...

Neighbourhood News Digest - 05 May 2025

Afghanistan Shaheen Insists UN Seat Be Given to Islamic Emirate Representative-Tolo News The acting head of the Islamic Emirate’s embassy in Qatar has once again emphasized the need for Afghanistan’s UN seat to be given to a representative of the...

Neighbourhood News Digest - 29 April 2025

Afghanistan Indian diplomat meets Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Muttaqi-Deccan Herald Anand Prakash, a joint secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs, met the acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban Government, Amir Khan Muttaqi, who called for...

Neighbourhood News Digest - 22 April 2025

Afghanistan Kazakh Deputy PM Leads High-Level Delegation to Kabul for Trade Talks- Tolo News A high-ranking Kazakh delegation, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Serik Jumanğarin, arrived in Kabul on Monday, 21 April. During...

Neighborhood News Digest - 15 April 2025

Afghanistan Afghanistan Reaches Preliminary Agreement to Send Workers to Qatar-Tolo News Amid growing complaints from daily wage workers about the lack of employment, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has announced that a preliminary...

Africa Now (16-31 March, 2025)

OVERVIEW This edition of Africa Now looks at significant developments across the African continent, focusing on security, politics, economy and foreign policy. In the security and political front, Niger has withdrawn from the Multinational Joint...

Neighborhood News Digest- 24 January 2025

Afghanistan ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban supreme leader and Chief Justice-The Khaama Press The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that arrest warrants have been issued for Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader...

Europe News Digest (16-31 December, 2024)

EU Proposes Sanctions on Georgian Officials: Hungary and Slovakia Veto Kaja Kallas, the EU's new foreign policy chief, is set to ask Member States for a mandate to move forward with sanctions on Georgian officials. Brussels has grown increasingly...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (04-10 November 2024)

Economic China Unveils $1.4 Trillion Debt Swap, Saves Stimulus for Trump China gave indebted local governments a 10 trillion-yuan ($1.4 trillion) lifeline but stopped short of unleashing new stimulus, preserving room to respond to a potential trade...

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