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23. Andrew Hammod

Biodiversity challenge 'flashing red'

This year's International Day for Biological Diversity is perhaps the most important ever with an increasing number of scientists highlighting a sixth great extinction facing the planet.

2023-05-22 16:30

G7 will show West's renewal is starting

In the build-up to this week's G7 summit, a wide range of issues from climate change to the world economy have been discussed by Western ministers. However, the overriding issue to be discussed in Hiroshima from May 19-21 is Ukraine and its ongoing ramifications.

2023-05-18 16:20

'De-risking' challenge with China complex for Europe

European policy toward China is increasingly being framed by senior politicians as one of “de-risking” rather than “decoupling.” However, there is little conceptual clarity on what this means, thereby increasing the possibility of EU policy failure, rather than success.

2023-04-26 16:40

Sunak and Macron reshape UK-France ties

French-U.K. relations were often in the “deep freeze” during the prime ministerships of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, yet this Friday will see the first bilateral summit between London and Paris in five years.

2023-03-09 16:50

Transatlantic ties transformed on Ukraine war anniversary

Some 12 months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, key upside surprises include not just the remarkable resilience of Ukraine's fighting forces and wider populace, but also the unity and steadfastness of the Western alliance in the post-Trump era, as showcased with Joe Biden's visit to Ukraine.

2023-02-26 16:50

Davos forum shows the 'business of business' is changing

Conservative thinker Milton Friedman famously declared in the 1970s, in the period leading up to the political era defined by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, that the 'business of business is business'. By this, he meant that the bottom line of the private sector should be making money for shareholders.

2023-01-26 16:20

Why 2023 will shape decade ahead

The year 2022 was a big political 12 months, including November's U.S. mid-term congressional ballots. Yet 2023 will be a huge election year too, and markets are already looking ahead to a wide range of eye-catching ballots in middle-power countries right across the world from Turkey to Thailand, and Poland to Pakistan.

2023-01-12 16:57

Whirlwind month for World Cup

Many governments still perceive that hosting major sporting contests command significant prestige. Yet that has been tested in recent weeks with the challenges facing the soccer World Cup whose much anticipated France-Argentina final ended on Sunday.

2022-12-21 16:20

Transatlantic ties reach Biden-era low

Transatlantic ties were forecast to improve significantly and sustainably during Joe Biden's presidency, yet two years into his term of office, relations are deteriorating as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

2022-12-13 16:55

Conservatives look beyond Sunak government

New U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak celebrated the end of his first month in office this week, yet many of his fellow Conservative MPs are already looking beyond his period of office to the next leader and the future direction of the party.

2022-11-28 17:12

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