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Investors will step up corporate governance monitoring

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INTERNATIONAL

Corporate governance.

Xi's common prosperity uses old methods on new targets

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CHINA

The meeting ended with a call for high incomes to be regulated and for the rich to 'give back' more. It followed a series of dramatic regulatory actions against large private…

The US Treasury market is vulnerable to stress

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INT

The US Treasuries securities market is the world's largest and most liquid financial market, and is relied on by market participants as a basis to price other risks. However, on…

Japan’s Indo-Pacific concept resonates in Europe

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JAPAN

Though not explicitly aimed at China, it is in fact an expression of commitment to defending a status quo that China’s capabilities and behaviour increasingly challenge. European…

Frictions with Moscow underline Belarusian dependence

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BELARUS

Disputes about fuel prices, as well as Belarusian concerns about Moscow's treatment of Ukraine, have marred the long-term Belarusian-Russian alignment. As head of the weaker…

Investor response to vaccine signposts sectoral shifts

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INTERNATIONAL

Millions of people and companies predict the future every microsecond through their equity investments. Investors’ behaviour following the news of the vaccine success offers an…

Military abuses will fuel West African jihadist growth

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WEST AFRICA

The attack reflects a broader jihadist threat to the northern peripheries of the four coastal states bordering Burkina Faso. Benin and Togo have suffered a series of jihadist…

Morocco will control religious narrative

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MOROCCO

The government is eager to present Morocco as a bastion of moderate Islam; it articulates and enforces a narrow definition of ‘Moroccan Islam’. Since King Mohammed VI ascended to…

Somali security strategy will need united approach

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SOMALIA

A recent spate of al-Shabaab attacks on security forces in Kenya and the assassination of several senior Somali security personnel have raised fears of a potential resurgence of…

North Korea may goad South Korea into limited conflict

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NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA

Pyongyang claims to have tested a new nuclear-capable underwater drone -- Seoul is sceptical -- and North Korea’s foreign minister has visited Moscow. South Korean President Yoon…