Peter Fabricius

Johannesburg

Freelance Journalist at Daily Maverick

Foreign affairs journalist

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Europe preparing for war with Russia but lags on defence spending, production

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

WAR IN EUROPE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting of the Nato-Ukraine Council at a summit in Washington, DC. (Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB via AFP) US President Donald Trump’s threat not to respect America’s Nato obligations has spurred Europe into action. Europe is preparing for war with Russia. On the one hand that seems like a statement of the obvious...
How to jolt SA out of its low-growth trap

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

ECONOMIC GROWTH A crane operator unloads shipping containers at the Port of Durban, operated by Transnet.
SA 'is awaiting a US response to its trade proposal'

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

FOREIGN AFFAIRS Illustrative Image: US President Donald Trump. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) | SA President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Taiwan deploys a ‘silicon shield’ to protect itself from China

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

Taiwan’s semiconductor prowess serves, in different ways, to provide a ‘silicon shield’, protecting the country from the threat of China.
‘Not Today’ — Taiwan strives to give Xi Jinping daily doubts on invasion

4 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

There is a widespread belief in Taiwan that Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to invade Taiwan by 2027, the centenary of the creation of the Chinese army, and the year that Xi’s current term will end. China’s President Xi Jinping wakes up every day, looks at himself in the mirror as he shaves and says, “Okay, I want to be the greatest emperor of China. I want to conquer Taiwan. Okay, it is my job. It is my will. It is the reason [for] my existence. “I want to conquer Taiwan.
New African BRICS members lambast preferential treatment for South Africa

1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

Egypt and Ethiopia blocked a BRICS declaration backing South Africa for a United Nations Security Council seat. BRICS is expanding — but perhaps inevitably, more members mean more opportunities for disagreement, including between African members. This became apparent at the recent BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Unusually, the gathering failed to issue a consensus communiqué because of objections from the two new African members who joined in 2023, Egypt and Ethiopia.
Ambush or adult conversation - what awaits Cyril Ramaphosa in the White House?

1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius |Victoria O’Regan

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Cyril Ramaphosa (from left), South Africa's legal team at the ICJ, Afrikaners at the Dulles Airport in Washington, DC and Donald Trump. (Photos: Getty Images; Gallo Images). Illustrative image by Bogosi Monnakgotla Given the dire state of relations between the US and SA and all the falsehoods Trump is spreading about this country, sparks could fly at the meeting between the two presidents. President Cyril Ramaphosa will have a high-stakes encounter with President Donald...
Parliament urged to pressure Pretoria to revive SADC Tribunal

1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

The SADC Tribunal’s powers were terminated in 2012 after it ruled that then Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s seizure of white farms was illegal. Parliament has been urged to pressure the government to resurrect the SADC Tribunal, which would restore the rights of regional citizens to hold their governments accountable to the law.
Trump says Ramaphosa will visit him next week

1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

FOREIGN AFFAIRS From left: US President Donald Trump. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Will Oliver) | SA President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Experts reject SANDF inference that mission was successful

1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Peter Fabricius

ANALYSIS Illustrative image: (From left) Stephanie Wolters of SAIIA. (Photo: SABC Youtube) | President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia.

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