USA Review | Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | May 2021
HIGHLIGHTS • Blockbuster Budget• Legislative Slowdown• Migration Pains• Defence Priorities• Technology Push• China and Covid Blockbuster Budget United States President Joe Biden released a $6 trillion budget request in May-end that combined his ambitious spending plans into one massive proposal, including mammoth investments in highways, child care and climate change. The long-delayed document assumes a […]
Intersect: Africa
H I G H L I G H T S • NIGERIA ON THE BRINK• COVID THIRD WAVE• POLITICAL UPDATE• DARK SIDE OF INDIA IN AFRICA NIGERIA ON THE BRINK Embattled Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari asked the United States for assistance to tackle a spreading wave of insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and secessionist violence that is threatening to undermine Africa’s […]
USA Review | Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | April 2021
HIGHLIGHTS • Biden’s Big Bucks Revival Plan• Economic Boom• Climate Focus• Migrant Migraine• Republicans Struggle• Biden Republicans Biden’s Big Bucks Revival Plan At the start of April, Joe Biden unveiled a $ 2 trillion infrastructure plan that would not only mean better roads and bridges but would drastically green the United States energy sector and […]
Intersect: Africa
MOZAMBIQUE LNG PLAN ON HOLD Mozambique’s $24.1 billion Afungi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project received a major setback after French energy firm Total put construction activities on hold following renewed attacks by insurgents. Indian firms Oil India and ONGC Videsh together own a 30% stake in the terminal, the largest Indian investment on the continent. […]
USA Review | Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | February 2021
H I G H L I G H T S • Biden Releases Strategic Guidance• Coming of the Techno-Alliances• Indo-Pacific Missile Gap• Climate Coalition• US Public and China Biden Releases Strategic Guidance The new United States administration is rapidly rolling out policies on the domestic and foreign policy front even before it has completed the […]
Intersect: Africa
100,000 COVID DEATHS Africa passed 100,000 confirmed Covid-19 deaths this month with signs the continent’s healthcare systems are struggling to contain the virus. “We are more vulnerable than we thought,” the director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong. Lack of oxygen, ventilators and other medical equipment is proving to be […]
USA Review | Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | January 2021
H I G H L I G H T S • Biden’s First Fortnight• Foreign Policy Signals• American Techno-Politik• World Approves• Democratic Blues• Indians Fund Indians Biden’s First Fortnight Joe Biden officially became the 46th President of the United States on January 20. His inaugural address, coming in the wake of the January 6th mob attack […]
Intersect: Africa
ETHIOPIA’S POWER SHIFT The Ethiopian Federal Army has retaken control of most of the rebellious province of Tigray following fighting that began in November. Pockets of resistance continue in the mountainous region, leading to new waves of refugees crossing the border into Sudan. Ethiopia has deployed more troops and built fences along its Sudanese border […]
USA Review | Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | December 2020
HIGHLIGHTS • Biden Government Takes Shape• New Old Cabinet• Russian Hacking• Hunter Problem• Books On Trump Biden Government Takes Shape The cabinet of United States President-elect Joe Biden is largely in place barring a few positions, including the attorney-general and the head of the Central Intelligence Agency. He has placed record numbers of women and […]
Intersect: Africa
Ethiopian Province Rebels A spreading military confrontation between the Ethiopian regime of President Abiy Ahmed and the Tigrayan provincial government could become a larger regional struggle, drawing in neighbouring Eritrea and Sudan. Tigrayans, a small ethnic group in northern Ethiopia, wield disproportionate political influence thanks to their lead role in overthrowing the military regime in […]