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Dr Chido Nyere, who is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Thabo Mbeki School, Unisa, provided the Background and Context
The seminar analysed current geopolitical flashpoints that are reshaping global power dynamics. The seminar examined the recent US military operation in Venezuela and the renewed strategic tensions surrounding Greenland, with particular attention to the role of major powers, including US foreign policy under President Donald Trump.
This seminar critically discussed one of the most pressing geopolitical cases in contemporary international relations and implications thereof for international law, sovereignty, global security, energy politics and the future of multilateral cooperation, including implications for the UN Security Council, NATO, the EU, other regional organisations and lessons for Africa and the diaspora.
Dr Chido Nyere, who is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Thabo Mbeki School, Unisa, provided the Background and Context
The seminar analysed current geopolitical flashpoints that are reshaping global power dynamics. The seminar examined the recent US military operation in Venezuela and the renewed strategic tensions surrounding Greenland, with particular attention to the role of major powers, including US foreign policy under President Donald Trump.
This seminar critically discussed one of the most pressing geopolitical cases in contemporary international relations and implications thereof for international law, sovereignty, global security, energy politics and the future of multilateral cooperation, including implications for the UN Security Council, NATO, the EU, other regional organisations and lessons for Africa and the diaspora.
