Reports and analysis from analysts embedded across the regions, covering security, politics and risk across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia.
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Europe
7 April 2025
As of this reports writing, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine rages into its 1,138th day. For the past three years, Ukraine has experienced unimaginable suffering comparable to the horrors of the Second World War in a battle between Russian speaking vs. Ukrainian-speaking, Pro-Kyiv vs. Pro-Moscow, and many more conflicting ideals.
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Türkiye
4 April 2025
Hydro-Politics in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin: Turkish Policy and Post-Assad Opportunities
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving hydro-political dynamics in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin in the aftermath of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
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Indo-Pacific
2 April 2025
IMEC Corridor: Strategic Realignment to Counterbalance China
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is emerging as an essential initiative to counterbalance China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and wider posturing by Beijing. India has been critical of China’s BRI since its launch, and IMEC has been one of the alternative initiatives offering a different connectivity model.
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Indo-Pacific
1 April 2025
It’s been over three months since the UK joined a band of 14 other mainly Pacific Rim countries in a trade bloc that is the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (or CPTPP for short).
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Europe
27 March 2025
On 26 February, the Sarajevo Court handed down a guilty verdict against Milorad Dodik, President of the Republika Srpska, for having passed laws suspending the rulings of the Constitutional Court and challenging the...
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Türkiye
26 March 2025
The Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoğlu, with around 100 other key opposition politicians and businessmen to President Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) were arrested in Istanbul on 19 March. The charges against them involve alleged corruption in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) and terror charges in regards to aiding the PKK and other Kurdish groups.
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Europe
24 March 2025
The Politics of Nuclear Power in Europe: Trends, Challenges, and Policy Prospects
In recent years, growing pressure on European energy security—exacerbated by geopolitical instability and the need for decarbonisation—has reignited debates on the future of nuclear power regionally. Whilst some countries maintain firm opposition, others are reconsidering nuclear energy as a necessary component of a resilient and sustainable energy mix in the face of contemporary challenges. Since the meltdown of Chernobyl Reactor 4 in 1986, nuclear power has cast a persistent shadow over the European continent, shaping both public perception and national energy policies.
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Middle East & North Africa
20 March 2025
China’s Role in Saudi Arabia’s Renewable Energy Industry: A Geopolitical and Economic Perspective
Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Vision 2030 reached a halfway point this year, as the Kingdom seeks to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels by ensuring that 50% of its energy mix comes from renewable sources by the end of the decade. With limited time remaining and uncertain progress, Saudi Arabia must seek external help in achieving this transformation. With a limited industrialised society, Saudi Arabia has to cooperate with states producing renewable energy resources, from wind turbines to solar panels.
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Security & Conflict
18 March 2025
The Right-Wings Role in Climate Policy and Rollbacks: An increasing geopolitical and economic risk
In the past decade, climate change policy has increasingly become a battleground between progressive and right-wing governments.
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