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The Riskline Informer is a series of analytical pieces interpreting and forecasting key political, security, and social issues affecting global affairs.
With most of the world preoccupied with the COVID-19 pandemic, far-right and populist movements across Europe have sought to capitalise on growing fatigue and frustration with continuing restrictions. But will it work?
While newly-elected Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga represents a continuation of Shinzo Abe’s administrative stability, he is also simultaneously seen as a contrast from Abe in certain aspects of policy-making and personality.
As part of a series of articles examining racial discrimination, police brutality and mass protesting, we explore the continuing Black Lives Matter (BLM)-related protests in the United States, especially in relation to the looming presidential elections.
The twin suicide blasts in Sulu’s Jolo island on 24 August underscores the resilience and continued threat posed by radical Islamic State (IS) militants in the region, despite a strong military crackdown.
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently agreed to normalise ties in exchange for Israel halting plans to annex parts of the West Bank. The agreement is a major diplomatic breakthrough for the two sides, the effects of which will be felt across the Middle East.
Our analyst on the ground in Beirut describes her experience during the deadly explosion on 4 August 2020 and its aftermath.
In a country where the monarchy is traditionally revered and public criticism of the royal family is frowned upon, recent mass protests in the country openly questioning the role of the king marks a dramatic shift in public sentiment, particularly among the youth.
Some US schools will succeed in staying open until the end of the calendar year; many, most likely, will not. The failure of the US to control the COVID-19 pandemic at-large, though, will be a more decisive factor than individual school choices, or student behaviour.
The fraudulent 9 August election that returned incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko to power brought tens of thousands of people out into the streets; it is not the beginning of the end for the President, but it is the end of the beginning as the post-independence social compact breaks down.
The British government recently imposed short-notice “lockdown” measures on some parts of the country in northern England the night before Eid. The new restrictions were deemed Islamophobic by many and highlighted the need for the government to do more for BAME communities.
With most of the world preoccupied with the COVID-19 pandemic, far-right and populist movements across Europe have sought to capitalise on growing fatigue and frustration with continuing restrictions. But will it work?
While newly-elected Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga represents a continuation of Shinzo Abe’s administrative stability, he is also simultaneously seen as a contrast from Abe in certain aspects of policy-making and personality.
As part of a series of articles examining racial discrimination, police brutality and mass protesting, we explore the continuing Black Lives Matter (BLM)-related protests in the United States, especially in relation to the looming presidential elections.
The twin suicide blasts in Sulu’s Jolo island on 24 August underscores the resilience and continued threat posed by radical Islamic State (IS) militants in the region, despite a strong military crackdown.
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently agreed to normalise ties in exchange for Israel halting plans to annex parts of the West Bank. The agreement is a major diplomatic breakthrough for the two sides, the effects of which will be felt across the Middle East.
Our analyst on the ground in Beirut describes her experience during the deadly explosion on 4 August 2020 and its aftermath.
In a country where the monarchy is traditionally revered and public criticism of the royal family is frowned upon, recent mass protests in the country openly questioning the role of the king marks a dramatic shift in public sentiment, particularly among the youth.
Some US schools will succeed in staying open until the end of the calendar year; many, most likely, will not. The failure of the US to control the COVID-19 pandemic at-large, though, will be a more decisive factor than individual school choices, or student behaviour.
The fraudulent 9 August election that returned incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko to power brought tens of thousands of people out into the streets; it is not the beginning of the end for the President, but it is the end of the beginning as the post-independence social compact breaks down.
The British government recently imposed short-notice “lockdown” measures on some parts of the country in northern England the night before Eid. The new restrictions were deemed Islamophobic by many and highlighted the need for the government to do more for BAME communities.
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