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Global norms on cyberspace elude UN forum

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INTERNATIONAL

The report has been praised for creating an inclusive platform for discussing malicious state behaviour in cyberspace, but it has failed to make any progress on how rules of…

Russian cybercrime treaty proposal favours autocracies

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INT

The move is part of a wider struggle among member states over the control of the internet and norms of responsible state behaviour in the cyber domain.

East and West will divide over new Bosnian viceroy

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BOSNIA

The summit’s avowed aim was to renew the EU-US ‘Transatlantic partnership’, including committing to upholding the international rules-based order built around the UN. It called…

Brunei will avoid confrontation over South China Sea

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BRUNEI

Tensions between China and the South-east Asian claimants have increased considerably in the first half of this year. This has prompted some of those South-east Asian countries…

Russia wants cyber space ruled as sovereign zones

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RUSSIA

Allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election have focused attention on the largely ungoverned international cyber environment. Russia wants regulation…

Balkanisation of the internet will rise

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INTERNATIONAL

This intervention is an inevitable consequence of the maturing of the digital economy and the fact that countries have different regulatory preferences. China was the first to do…

ASEAN and China have far to go to agree key sea code

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ASEAN/CHINA

Negotiations over a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea.

UNCLOS ruling may ease China-South-east Asia tensions

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CHINA/SOUTH-EAST ASIA

A sweeping victory for the Philippines has dismantled any legal basis for expansive Chinese claims across much of the South China Sea.

Africa's illness trends will strain health systems

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AFRICA

South Africa is not alone: NCDs are rising across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), creating new health care needs, as well as social and economic challenges.

US Coast Guard will counter China in South-east Asia

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

US Coast Guard's aims in South-east Asia.