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US infrastructure cybersecurity is improving slowly

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US

Much of this work must be done by subnational and private sector actors, including companies, and state and local governments. The latter have made measured progress on ramping up…

Honeymoon period of Panama’s Mulino will be brief

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PANAMA

Mulino assumed the candidacy late in the race, after former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-14) was disqualified over a corruption conviction. The new president will face…

US Democrats may struggle to gain from investment push

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UNITED STATES

The IRA unabashedly uses major government subsidies to attract corporate investment, with an emphasis on advanced manufacturing and clean energy. It is emerging as a central…

Oli faces rocky road ahead as Nepal premier

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NEPAL

Pushpa Kamal Dahal (‘Prachanda’), leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), was manoeuvred out of the premiership after a tie-up between Oli’s party -- which…

Government instability will worsen in Nepal

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NEPAL

He called the vote after a junior partner left the ruling coalition. The main governing partner to Prachanda’s Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) is KP Sharma Oli’s…

India will step up economic diplomacy

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INDIA

He has retained S Jaishankar as his foreign minister, in line with a broad trend of preserving continuity within the cabinet. Although his parliamentary majority is reduced and…

Jokowi will try to expedite Nusantara project

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INDONESIA

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo -- whose second and final five-year term will end in October -- subsequently insisted that Nusantara’s development would continue. Defence Minister…

Fiscal and external challenges lie ahead for Panama

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PANAMA

Panama has demonstrated resilience and maintained economic momentum, despite challenges such as reduced traffic through the drought-stricken Panama Canal and the closure, after…

EU countries will struggle to externalise asylum

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EU

Alarmed by an increase of irregular border crossings, rising numbers of asylum seekers and pressures by far-right parties, several EU governments are contemplating ideas to…