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New Czech export strategy will focus on innovation

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EASTERN EUROPE

The policy, aimed at bolstering economic resilience and global competitiveness, and forging new national champions, sets Czechia apart from Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, the rest…

Limits to Russia’s ties with Turkey will persist

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RUSSIA

Energy ties, already deep, have expanded since 2022 as part of a broader reorientation of Russian commerce away from the West. The similarly authoritarian leadership styles of…

Pyongyang’s rising cyberthreats are hard to combat

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NORTH KOREA

On November 30 the same trio plus Australia announced coordinated sanctions, in response to Pyongyang’s launch on November 21 of a military reconnaissance satellite. For the first…

G7 achieves new unity on China, despite divisions

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CHINA

The members’ statement formally brought together individual country strategies that had already been hardened by recent experiences with China. Yet the G7’s approach is more…

International rivalry will drive satellite internet

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INT

LEO broadband promises genuinely global broadband coverage by expanding access to remote areas where cables are too costly or impractical to install. If all LEO broadband systems…

Stalled Nigerian jihadist expansion may recommence

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NIGERIA

For instance, ISWAP-claimed attacks in central Nigeria have declined precipitously from 20 in 2022 to just three so far in 2023. A similar trend applies for other jihadists…

China will step up attempts to bolster food security

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CHINA

The law would set out responsibilities to support agricultural production, protect farmland, improve storage and reduce waste. Maintaining domestic production of key staples is a…

US oil refiners have promising future

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UNITED STATES

Prospects for the US refining sector look relatively bright as oil demand rebounds from pandemic lows in price and demand. Even so, US refiners are likely to become increasingly…

ATMIS withdrawal may weaken Somalia’s security

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SOMALIA

ATMIS is to leave Somalia by end-2024, with the first 2,000 troops set to withdraw this month. However, this plan has already been beset by delays, and there are serious questions…

Policy is key to managing existential risk of AI

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INT

A particularly sensitive strand of this debate focuses on ‘existential’ risks. This concern was voiced in a terse but influential recent statement by Center for AI Safety (CAIS)…