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US firms face growing levels of employee activism

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UNITED STATES

Worker activism in the United States.

Saudi Arabia’s football league will grow strongly

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SAUDI ARABIA

In June, the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), took over four domestic football clubs, including Al Hilal. The PIF is aggressively targeting European…

Chinese online controls keep grip on disinformation

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CHINA

In China, by contrast, this problem is of relatively low priority. The Communist Party has long established itself as the sole arbiter of truth, attacking ‘rumours’ and other…

Post-COVID era could be better for European populists

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WESTERN EUROPE

This left little room for politicisation by parties to engage public opinion. However, support for such parties is stable compared to pre-pandemic levels, suggesting they are…

Italy’s coalition faces tough battles on fiscal policy

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ITALY

Fiscal policy is one of the government's key challenges, both in terms of popular support and coalition unity. There are serious doubts over whether the coalition will be able to…

Tourism drive will marginally help the Saudi economy

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SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi tourism expansion plans.

Arce faces major economic challenges in Bolivia

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BOLIVIA

However, he will lack the commodity boom-related revenue that fuelled such programmes. Bolivia has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic; GDP is forecast to contract by between…

Uzbekistan sees economic but not political reforms

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UZBEKISTAN

The extents of reform in Uzbekistan.

Ethiopian apparel parks will drive industrialisation

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ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia is targeting apparel and textile production as a key driver of industrialisation.

Cameroon anglophone crisis could militarise further

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CAMEROON

The crisis in the predominantly anglophone Northwest and Southwest regions has escalated in recent months, with a heightened security crackdown on pro-independence demonstrators…