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Five-country pact remains important in South-east Asia

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

The FPDA is the only multilateral security pact that includes South-east Asian states and players from beyond the region. It is flexible, and able to address both conventional and…

Tech risks shape Chinese and Western national security

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INT

The proposal will underline the centrality of national security considerations to digital policies. Partially, this is a result of the increased potency of technologies and their…

Divergent rules raise sanctions compliance risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Although alignment in Western states' sanctions has increased over time, important differences remain. A major challenge concerns hidden ownership of companies left off sanctions…

US efforts to 'decouple' from China will hit limits

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CHINA

These are being reinforced by Chinese measures to maintain this integration, albeit on terms that favour China. China remains deeply integrated into many global supply chains.

Failure to deliver quickly will undermine the G5 Sahel

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WEST AFRICA

In December, donors also promised some 2.4 billion euros to fund the G5 Sahel's economic 'Priority Investment Programme' (PIP).

COVID-19 crisis will hurt Africa’s informal sector

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AFRICA

Domestic policies and international aid designed to counter the economic impacts will have only limited reach into informal economies, despite their key role in continental…

Beijing seeks to promote security cooperation

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CHINA

China's views on regional security cooperation.

Sanctions may sacrifice West's international leverage

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INTERNATIONAL

Five weeks after the invasion began, most non-Western states are steering a middle course. As shocks to the global economy from the war and sanctions unfold, most countries are…

South Africa's Eskom faces formidable reform tests

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SOUTH AFRICA

The appointment follows Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan's reconstitution of the Eskom board in January, aimed at restoring credible governance to the utility, which…

US Congress will leave Trump nuclear authority intact

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UNITED STATES

The standoff with North Korea has led the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to hold a hearing on the president’s authority to order a nuclear first strike. This is the first such…