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Despite threats from China, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan: Thembisa Fakude, Senior Researcher at AFRASID, discusses.

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Ayesha Qhawe, Research fellow at Africa Asia Reasearch Dialogues(AFRASID)-Unpacking the Sri Lanka and China debt trap Diplomacy

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Thembisa Fakude, Political Analyst – Unpacking the Turkey and the UN deal brokered

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Eleven years ago, revolts spread like wildfire across the Arab world, spurring events that changed the region. Arab Spring was a series of pro-democracy uprisings that affected several largely Muslim countries, including Tunisia, Morocco, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Bahrain. Most of these events began in spring 2011, giving them their names. Even today, years after many of these popular uprisings ended, their social and political impact remains significant.

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned on Thursday following the fall out of national unity government, setting the country on an economic crisis and a possible early election. Draghi, an unelected former central banker has led a broad coalition for 18 months. Draghi's coalition crumbled on Wednesday when three of his main partners snubbed a confidence vote he had called to try to end divisions and renew their fractious alliance.