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Governments step up social media capabilities

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INT

The use of social media to influence public opinion is increasing in autocracies and democracies alike

Cyber threats drive global technological decoupling

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INT

5G relies heavily on software and will be the core underlying infrastructure for all future digital activities

SpaceX Starship could transform human spaceflight

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INTERNATIONAL

SpaceX reportedly plans a first orbital launch of its new Starship rocket in the next few weeks

Pro-Iran militias will sap long-term Iraqi stability

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IRAQ

As tensions spike between Washington and Tehran, Baghdad faces a showdown with heavily armed Shia factions

US-China cold war is plausible but not imminent

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CHINA/US

Rapidly deteriorating bilateral relations have led some to conclude that a ‘China-US Cold War’ is underway

Redistribution is key to the future of the workforce

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INT

Technology will raise productivity and living standards; redeployment rather than fear of unemployment must guide policy

Post-Brexit EU security policy to be more constrained

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EUROPE

Brexit means the loss of a key member state with an active and outward-looking security policy stance

Competition over Northern Syria could be explosive

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SYRIA

The United States is supporting the Kurds to attack Islamic State (IS) in Raqqa

The Sahara conflict will boost regional tensions

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WESTERN SAHARA

Rabat’s military pressure in the Western Sahara is containing the conflict, even as Algiers manoeuvres against it

Aircraft carriers do not make China a ‘global power’

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CHINA

China’s aircraft carriers are hailed as a sign of military might and ambitions to rival US global power projection