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Russia threat exposes Europe’s infrastructure risks

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EU

Critical infrastructure is an attractive target, given the difficulty of attributing such attacks and the lack of immediate fatalities, which reduces the likelihood of escalation…

Commerce and politics muddle US cyber export policy

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UNITED STATES

US cyber export control policy.

US-led group to boost coordination on ransomware

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INT

Established in October 2021, the CRI’s 36 member countries and the EU have jointly begun to clarify the group’s priorities and processes for tackling ransomware. The initiative…

Nation-state cyberattacks complicate insurance efforts

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INT

These have ranged from cyber-espionage campaigns such as the SolarWinds hack to disruptive attacks such as the Sony Pictures breach and the NotPetya and WannaCry malware attacks…

Tainted Mozambique poll will increase FRELIMO unease

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MOZAMBIQUE

RENAMO and the second-largest opposition Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) have alleged fraud in several municipalities that FRELIMO won by a narrow margin. Meanwhile, new…

Europe’s Three Seas Initiative will make slow progress

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EUROPE

The war in Ukraine has highlighted 3SI, a project that aims to raise investment in Central-Eastern Europe, as a means to build resilience on the eastern flank of the EU and NATO…

EU-US alignment on tech governance is rising

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EU/US

The proposal is part of the EU’s wider effort to make Europe ‘fit for the digital age’ and align the bloc with other major democracies, particularly the United States, on…

Local elections cast a shadow over Tanzanian democracy

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TANZANIA

The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party won more than 99.9% of the vote in the November 24 local elections, amid an opposition boycott. While the boycott meant that a rare…

Cultural heritage wars may affect Israeli-Arab ties

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ISRAEL

The ‘Abraham Peace Accords’ between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and between Israel and Bahrain, were signed in September, after being brokered by the US Trump…

Fortress Kaliningrad key to Russia's assertive shield

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RUSSIA

Russia's westernmost outpost has gained in strategic importance since relations with NATO plummeted in 2014. Efforts to enhance military capability have accelerated since spring…