The attacks on Saudi airports have further demonstrated the vulnerability of critical infrastructure across the GCC to missiles, drones and other asymmetric threats. This exposure is not confined to ...

Americans go to the polls on 3 November to elect a third of the US Senate and all the House of Representatives. The Republicans currently have majorities in both chambers of Congress. But their ...

The global industrial landscape has shifted dramatically since the turn of the century. China’s rise as a manufacturing powerhouse has enabled the country to produce increasingly sophisticated goods ...

This conference convenes leading policymakers, scholars, and public intellectuals to explore the forces likely to shape the ...

— Hear from leading voices on what a landmark UN resolution means for the future of global reparations. A landmark UN resolution recognising the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against ...

The first round of Brazil’s presidential election is scheduled for 4 October, with 13 candidates competing to occupy the Brazilian presidential palace, Planalto. For now, the contest is dominated by ...

Nepal’s government has appealed to the UN’s Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) for help. But that can only provide a fraction of the funds required. As a result, Nepal has raised the ...

Image — Members of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) walk along a main road in Mekelle on 23 September 2026, as tensions intensify in northern Ethiopia after Tigrayan rebels seized control ...

This policy paper argues that elections held too soon, and under current conditions, could lead to further instability in Haiti. The CEP’s intervention is an opportunity to shift the focus from ...

In August 2026, eight Arab and Islamic countries issued a statement reiterating their support for an independent, sovereign Palestinian state. The group condemned Israeli measures aimed at displacing ...

The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels’ capture of Yemen’s port city of Mocha means that Iran now effectively controls two crucial waterways in the region – the Bab al-Mandab Strait to the Red Sea and thus ...

Learn about how sovereign AI is reshaping technology, security and economic strategy in the second event of the UK-EU series.