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General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 15, 2019
Trump may avoid second shut down
President Donald Trump is eyeing a path to avoid another government shutdown where he would reluctantly accept the congressional border-security deal and attempt to tap other funds for his wall. A…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 15, 2019
Germany arrests Syrian Intelligence Chief
German authorities announced the arrest of a former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officer and two subordinates suspected of crimes against humanity by torturing thousands of victims in detention…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 15, 2019
India-US trade war next?
India is still hurting from the Trump administration’s imposition of steel and aluminium tariffs and its move to tighten the rules for H-1B visas, which are granted primarily to Indian technology…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 14, 2019
Apple and Google to review Saudi App
Apple and Google have been accused of aiding the enforcement of ‘gender apartheid’ in Saudi Arabia. They are hosting a controversial app called Absher that allows men to track women under their…
Business - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 14, 2019
Airbus scraps the A380
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has pulled the plug on its struggling A380 superjumbo, which entered service just 12 years ago. Airbus said last deliveries of the world's largest passenger…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 14, 2019
MBS to visit India and Pakistan
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to announce investments in energy and infrastructure during a visit to India and Pakistan in coming days as part of his efforts to wean the…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 14, 2019
Trump unhappy with border wall deal
Unfazed by a congressional deal giving him only $1.3 billion for a barrier on the US-Mexico border, President Donald Trump is saying that he has found twenty times as much for overall border security…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 14, 2019
UAE to boost African start ups
Startups from the UAE and Africa will participate in the first-ever Chamberthon event organised and hosted by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the Africa Tech Summit in Kigali, Rwanda,…
Elections - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 13, 2019
Facebook steps up fact checking
The social media giant is expanding its fact-checking network in India to curb the spread of misinformation as the world’s largest democracy prepares for a general election that must be held by May,…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 13, 2019
Russia to disconnect from Internet
Russia is considering a plan to temporarily disconnect from the Internet. The exercise follows aspiration of building an autonomous Internet infrastructure and to see how the country’s cyber defense…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 13, 2019
Nigeria’s economy stagnates
Promises by Nigerian presidential candidates to fix an economy that vies with South Africa’s to be the continent’s largest could be unfulfilled unless the country is weaned off its oil dependence.…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 13, 2019
13th IMF bailout for Pakistan
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met IMF chief Christine Lagarde to discuss conditions of a bailout package for Pakistan. It has to deal with current account deficit and IMF reform demands which…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 13, 2019
Ethics inquiry against Trudeau
Canada’s parliamentary ethics commissioner said that he would look into allegations that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau improperly pressured his former attorney general to call off a criminal case…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 12, 2019
Thailand’s new PM?
The royal family has been deeply connected to Thailand’s leadership for decades, often shaping it from behind the scenes. However, senior members of the palace have remained out of formal political…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 12, 2019
Orban’s new tax break
In a bid to counter a falling population and labour shortages without accepting immigrants, prime minister Viktor Orban announced that Hungarian women who have four children or more will be exempt…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 12, 2019
US and South Korea – Deal on Military costs
South Korea and the United States have struck a new deal that increases Seoul’s contribution for the cost of the American military deployed on its soil, overcoming earlier negotiations that had…
Elections - Op-Eds - Feb 12, 2019
Assam: The political battleground of the northeast
Assam is a state in Northeast India, situated south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of 78,438 km2. The state is bordered by Bhutan and the…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 11, 2019
Another US shutdown?
Talks between Republicans and Democrats were deadlocked just days before a deadline to avoid a second US government shutdown this year, as politicians argued over proposed limits to the country’s…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 9, 2019
New START to go?
Another U.S.-Russian nuclear pact is in danger following the U.S. move to withdraw from a Cold War-era arms control treaty, a senior Russian diplomat said. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 9, 2019
Australia’s Parliament hacked?
The Australian Parliament said that hackers had tried to break into its computer network, which includes lawmakers’ email archives, but there were no visible indications that data had been stolen.…