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US satellites policy may speed up space militarisation

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UNITED STATES

The implications of SpaceX's entry into government launches.

US export controls on Huawei will have global impacts

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CHINA

This escalates Washington’s attempts to prevent Chinese leadership in 5G telecommunications and presents Beijing with a huge challenge. It threatens to accelerate the ‘decoupling’…

Political pitfalls will limit Ethiopian liberalisation

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ETHIOPIA

This would constitute the first major step in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s much-heralded privatisation drive. However, political and security risks remain likely to delay and…

Ariane 6 set-up has risks for European space policy

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EUROPE

The outlook for the European space sector.

Taiwan tech firms face pressure from China-US tension

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TAIWAN

Among these, Taiwan has a crucial and outsized influence in the global digital economy, in hardware manufacturing in particular. Growing China-US tensions now threaten to…

China's Communist Party will adapt as economy develops

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CHINA

China's efforts to become an innovation-led economy.

Ethiopia’s homegrown economic reforms face challenges

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ETHIOPIA

Outlook for Ethiopia's economic reform agenda.

Distortion by social media bots will become targeted

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INTERNATIONAL

Social media bots.

Myanmar conflict will be protracted

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MYANMAR

Attacks by anti-junta People's Defence Forces (PDFs), which operate largely autonomously from each other, are taking an increasing toll on the army. Western powers are ramping up…

China’s space industry will exploit vacant niches

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CHINA

China's commercial spaceflight sector.