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Saudi stability will enable economic progress

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SAUDI ARABIA

The move follows its second initial public offering in June, when it raised more than USD12bn, which helps boost the government's accounts and the country's sovereign wealth fund…

Ukraine’s leadership reset will have a limited effect

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UKRAINE

As with the February reshuffle of the military command, these changes have been presented as part of an effort to ‘reset’ decision-making and improve governance. The president's…

Georgia will face serious obstacles to EU membership

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GEORGIA

Georgia officially embarked on the path to EU membership along with Ukraine and Moldova shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Despite Tbilisi not meeting the…

Coalition tensions will persist over German budget

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GERMANY

This follows several weeks of acrimonious internal debates, after a previous budget draft from early July had to be scuppered due to concerns over its legality. The new deal…

China’s defence spending will remain stable

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CHINA

Defence spending will account for 1.2% of GDP in 2024, having remained stable at around this figure for at least the past two decades. Nevertheless, outside estimates of China’s…

Regional economic output will keep growing in Russia

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RUSSIA

The deterioration in regional finances is driven by falling incomes in oil-producing regions and higher spending by regional governments. Economic activity is recovering after…

Riyadh will seek foreign policy balance for now

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SAUDI ARABIA

Riyadh has prioritised the pursuit of regional de-escalation, largely to boost its economic prospects as the kingdom pursues foreign investments to support diversification away…

Risk of wider Israel-Hezbollah war will recede for now

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LEBANON

In a speech shortly after the attack, Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah suggested that there could be further retaliatory attacks, but he also stressed that the attack had…

Far right looks strong ahead of Austrian election

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AUSTRIA

Austria has been led by a coalition of the centre-right People’s Party (OVP) and Greens since 2019 but it appears this government will be unable to continue after the election…

Kazakhstan will diversify security ties

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KAZAKHSTAN

With Russia focused on Ukraine, Kazakhstan has charted a path to reduce its military and security dependency on Moscow. This is apparent in Astana's changing attitudes towards…