News of geopolitics

A simple funeral for Pope Francis becomes conduit to see Trump

25-04-2025 14:26 Funeral for Pope Francis risks being turned into high-profile stage for international diplomacy at a moment of geopolitical turmoil.

Trump has China in the crosshairs

12-04-2025 05:41 The 19th century belonged to the United Kingdom, the 20th to the United States. And the 21st?

by James Neilson

Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China

12-02-2025 14:52 Successive US administrations have vowed to wage a global competition with China. But by freezing nearly all US foreign aid, Washington has effectively ceded one of its main levers of influence.

Paraná-Paraguay waterway a focal point for global security policy

10-01-2025 13:44 Ongoing tussle involving major dredging companies seeking to participate in Milei government's tender. Hidrovía Paraná-Paraguay is a naval highway for the trafficking of illicit drugs to the rest of the world.

Move over Javi, the Big Boss is back

09-11-2024 06:24 The return of Donald Trump, the undisputed 'top dog' of the new right, will consolidate a global movement that, up until now, appeared to be somewhat disjointed.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Shock ‘n awe

09-11-2024 06:07 The question now becomes how Trump will use the clear mandate he has won. The fears are obvious.

by David Smith

Milei's foreign policy based on whims and mystical fantasies

29-04-2024 13:26 Argentina’s president moves the country according to his ideological whims. Why Milei got involved in the Middle East conflict, tensions with China and a meeting that never materialised with Donald Trump.

by Juan Luis González

Gaza conflict shows limits of Argentina, Brazil’s influence in Middle East

27-04-2024 06:32 In the grand chessboard of Middle Eastern geopolitics, Argentina and Brazil find themselves limited more by the game's rules than by their own ambitions.

by Sam Forster

Brazil condemns 'paralysis' on Gaza, Ukraine at tense G20 meeting

22-02-2024 14:40 Outlook bleak for progress on the thorny agenda of conflicts and crises gripping the planet as foreign ministers from the world's biggest economies gather in Rio de Janeiro for the Group of 20's first high-level meeting of the year.

Argentina’s power duo meets at the Vatican after trading insults

11-02-2024 09:55 President Javier Milei and Pope Francis meet after libertarian leader's campaign trail insults.

Massa, ‘the Washington panel,’ geopolitics – uncertainty in Argentine-US relations

16-11-2023 14:31 Javier Milei offers alignment with the interests of the United States, while Sergio Massa talks multilateralism. Concerns oversensitive issues such as the Hidrovía waterway, 5G technology and the Chinese base.

Fernández: ‘I can talk to Xi, Putin and Biden equally, nobody can question me’

12-09-2023 13:16 Argentina’s president defines multilateralism as a nation’s right to diplomatically engage with whomever it pleases in speech at UN peace operations conference staged at Defence Ministry headquarters.

BRICS membership in doubt as opposition rejects move

24-08-2023 18:13 Presidential candidates Javier Milei and Patricia Bullrich indicate they would withdraw the approved application for BRICS membership, casting serious doubt over likelihood of nation joining group of emerging economies.

BRICS: meet the six new members

24-08-2023 17:03 The BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – have agreed to make Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates full members from January 1, 2024.

Sabino Vaca Narvaja: ‘We look to a world which no longer exists, a Eurocentric world’

29-07-2023 06:29 Sabino Vaca Narvaja, Argentina’s ambassador to China, on bilateral relations with Beijing, why trade ties must be deepened and the need to rethink the Foreign Ministry and our approach to the East.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

China, Russia pledge US$1.4 billion for lithium plants in Bolivia

30-06-2023 10:41 China's Citic Guoan and Russia's Uranium One Group will partner with Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos to install two lithium carbonate plants.

Airing IMF criticism, Máximo Kirchner deepens ties with China

02-06-2023 10:02 National deputy and La Cámpora leader slams International Monetary Fund’s recipes for “indebted countries” during visit to China.

by Ariel Maciel

With Brazil’s backing, Argentina wins acceptance to BRICs bank

01-06-2023 19:01 Surprise announcement delivered by New Development Bank chief, former Brazil president Dilma Rousseff; BRICS members will formally discuss Argentina’s entry in August, but move has support of institution’s board.

At 100, Henry Kissinger basks in US praise with no accountability

26-05-2023 09:13 Henry Kissinger, who turns 100 on Saturday, shaped US foreign policy like few others, with a long – and highly controversial – record.

Máximo Kirchner to join Sergio Massa on trip to China

24-05-2023 18:05 National lawmaker and vice-president’s son will form part of Argentine delegation travelling to China between May 29 and June 4, stopping in Beijing and Shanghai. This will be the first trip he has made outside the country.

by Rodis Recalt