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New Dawn of Kazakh Politics Unlocks New Opportunities
The recent unrest in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region have been drawing unprecedented global attention over the past few months,...
The Year of the Tiger: The Zhejiang Faction
On 1 February 2022 Chinese nationals around the globe entered the 24th solar term of the traditional Chinese Calendar, known as Da...
Global Payment Systems: Can China and Russia build SWIFT alternatives?
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, reintroduced the possibility of Russia becoming cut off from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial...
Russia and Ukraine Growing Energy Crisis
The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, has exacerbated fears of long-term security, geopolitical, and economic consequences. In particular, fears of energy shortages...
Failures in Intelligence: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is underscoring the importance of accurate information necessary to inform organizations’ decision-making. The Kremlin undertook an ambitious...
All Work and No Play Makes Chinese Gaming Companies a Bad Investment?
Since August 2021, facial recognition devices have been restricting minors in China to playing online games for no more than three hours...
US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Reintroduces a Familiar Security Dilemma for the US
US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the subsequent decline of their power in the region has provided an opportunity to strengthen an anti-American...
The EU Ramps Up Anti-Money Laundering Measures
In 2018, Rob Wainwright, the outgoing head of EU’s law enforcement agency Europol, estimated that 99 percent of money laundering in the...