The European Parliament approved the EU - Vietnam free trade agreement as a sign of Brussels' major involvement in the ASEAN market. This trade agreement demonstrates that Brussels is building its way to becoming one of the main geopolitical actors in the ASEAN.
The People's Republic of China is the main investor in the Central Asian republic of Tajikistan. In fact, since 2013 when Beijing launched the Belt and Road Initiative, China has invested significant financial founds in Central Asia with the aim of modernizing regional infrastructure and stabilizing this strategic area
The White House confirmed the killing of Qassim al-Raymi, the leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Ayman al-Zawahiri's right-hand man. Donald Trump commented on this event stating that the elimination of al-Raymi is a message for AQAP and the international terrorism network and it is a step forward to the defeat of terrorism in the MENA region.
ASRIE Analytica supports the crowdfunding project 'The Human Face of Terror' launched by Notizie Geopolitiche whose purpose is to organise a field mission in Afghanistan and report the current political, economic, and sociocultural situation in the country with special regards to the cohabitation among different ethnic groups.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) recently published the quarterly report which highlights that over the last quarter of 2019 the number of Taliban attacks in Afghanistan increased by 17% compared to the same period in 2018. The high level of attacks conducted by the Taliban might seriously threaten the dialogue on the peace agreement started by the United States.
ASRIE Analytica has released its first publication in 2020 dedicated to the Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence (MUAI) and the impact it might have on international psychological security. In this report, ASRIE Analytica decided to give the opportunity to some Russian researchers to describe their activities in Great Britain when they attended several events in the United Kingdom to focus the attention of the academic world and the media on MUAI and possible future consequences on the international psychological security.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted to ratify Russia's full rights of being part of the organization after a six-year suspension caused by the Ukrainian crisis and the Russian annexation of Crimea. Russian officials can again take part inside the discussion of PACE after 96 PACE officials voted to support the reintegration, while 44 voted against it and another seven abstained from voting.
Russia, Belarus and the never-ending confrontation on oil supply. This is what we have read and monitored in newspapers since the beginning of the new year. Originally the situation looked like the classical back and forth which has characterized and classified Moscow – Minsk relations but soon it became an international issue which interested the Baltic republics, Ukraine, the Caucasus and the European Union.
Le forze di sicurezza irachene hanno arrestato nella notte di martedì 21 gennaio 2020 un militante dello Stato Islamico nella provincia di Kirkuk nel nord dell'Iraq. Secondo quanto affermato dalle fonti locali, la persona arrestata sarebbe 'un elemento pericoloso e membro della leadership dello Stato Islamico'. Questo arresto sarebbe uno degli ultimi effettuati dalle forze militari e di polizia irachene nell'ultimo periodo nell'area settentrionale del paese.
Secondo fonti locali e i media cinesi, il Myanmar costruirà un porto a Kyaukpyu nella parte occidentale del paese e lo collegherà via autostrada e ferrovia a Kunming nella Cina meridionale. Questo porto diventerà una risorsa essenziale per la Belt and Road Initiative cinese e consentirà a Pechino di avere accesso all'Oceano Indiano ed evitare il problema dello Stretto di Malacca.
