Beiträge

Die Verhaftung von Nicolás Maduro stellt die Machtverhältnisse zwischen China und den USA infrage. Sie wirft die Frage auf, ob und wie Peking seinen regionalen Einfluss in Lateinamerika festigen kann – und warum das Ereignis zugleich einen Realitätscheck für Chinas globale Machtambitionen darstellt.

China and Venezuela’s long-standing alliance faces its toughest test yet after Maduro’s arrest. From oil-for-loans deals to digital surveillance and military cooperation, Beijing now risks losing influence as Washington moves to assert dominance over Caracas.

Woertz describes a document about a 50 years rental agreement over 10.000 ha of land in Ethiopia’s Gambela province between the Ethiopian ministry of agriculture and the Saudi Star Agricultural Development Company, which is included in the ‘DAME Global Histories of MENA in the 20th Century - A Primary Source Collection’.

This chapter summarizes the key findings of the other 13 chapters in the volume "Syria after Assad", bringing their arguments around decentralization and state consolidation, sectarian violence, security sector reform, transitional justice, refugee return, and economic reconstruction in conversation with each other.