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Discussing the up-and-coming UN Climate Change Conference (COP26)

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean The UN’s 26th Climate Change Conference (COP26) is set to take place in Glasgow between 31 October and 12 November. With environmentalist movements like Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace seeing it as a make-or-break summit, activist protests and direct actions are highly likely to cause significant disruption to businesses not […]

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China-Taiwan: Persistent Tensions, Possible Flashpoints and Potential Implications

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean The past few days have seen tensions across the Taiwan Strait rise further as Beijing and Taipei marked their respective national days. China’s air force deployed a record number of warplanes into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ), while Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen again defended the island as a

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SUB. Aggressive Military Posturing Increases Risk to Regional Trade

Key Takeaways An uptick in military activity and political rhetoric has shown Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance on Taiwan this month. President Tsai Ing-wen (Democratic Progressive Party, DPP) of Taiwan is unlikely to seek moves towards formal independence in the remainder of her current term; however, Tsai firmly rejects Beijing’s unification proposal under the “one China,

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CYBER QUARTERLY REVIEW Q3 2021

High-profile cyber groups re-emerge despite global law enforcement agencies’ continued crackdown Summary of trends: Q3 saw the resurgence of several cyber criminal groups previously thought to have either gone into “retirement” or in hiding due to increased clampdowns by law enforcement agencies. The most notable example is the alleged reactivation of the REvil ransomware cartel’s

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Discussing the upcoming Bundestag elections

Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean Join our host Liana Semchuk, Lead Europe & Eurasia Analyst, along with Louis Cox-Brusseau and Zsofia Wolford our Europe Analysts to discuss the upcoming Bundestag election. Germany faces one of the most uncertain elections in the country’s history due to the fragmentation of votes between mainstream and smaller parties.

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