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Singapore will bolster defence ties with United States

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SINGAPORE

Singapore has close relations with both the United States and China. It is increasingly uncomfortable with rising tension between the two superpowers and the potential emergence…

Fewer foreign students and fees will reduce US GDP

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INTERNATIONAL

The value of higher education as a services export, the economic benefits international students generate in every state and the US tech sector's need to source scarce world-class…

Russia and Iran likely to complete direct rail route

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RUSSIA/IRAN

Sanctions have constrained east-west transit through Russia and revived its interest in north-south connections to Gulf ports and India. Moscow and Tehran, each keen to circumvent…

Adoption of new technologies raises cybersecurity need

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INT

These technologies are being adopted in the context of hybrid working and global digital supply chain integration. These technologies promise improved efficiency, service…

US-Philippine patrols will have mainly symbolic value

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US/PHILIPPINES

Marcos has reversed predecessor Rodrigo Duterte’s China-leaning policy by seeking closer defence ties with the United States, a treaty ally of the Philippines. Washington is…

Pragmatism will dictate US interests in Central Asia

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CENTRAL ASIA/US

US interest in Central Asia, particularly Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, appears to be rising after several years of declining engagement. The two major Central Asian states…

Regional rivalries will reconfigure East Africa coast

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EAST AFRICA

The deal is the latest development in an increasingly frantic race for military and commercial port infrastructure spanning 1,200 kilometres of the Horn of Africa’s coastline…

Russia plans to enter global hydrogen market

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RUSSIA

Interest in hydrogen stems mainly from a recognition that global markets and regulation will change, rather than domestic pressure for climate change mitigation. Natural gas…

Tajik-Iran ties may improve but without old closeness

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TAJIKISTAN/IRAN

Relations are recovering rapidly from three years of estrangement, though so far there is little economic substance to the friendlier atmospherics. Tajik Foreign Minister…

US-Thai military and trade links could cool

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US/THAILAND

US-Thailand relations.