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The byzantine fight for Dagestan’s strategic Makhachkala port
Ramazan Abdulatipov seems ready to close a sale of the state-owned port of Makhachkala to an Iranian-led group. The sale exposes the difficult balancing act elites are playing in the region.
The Week Ahead
Trump’s inauguration. May’s Brexit plans. ECB meeting. All in The Week Ahead.
The long shadow of 2016
Events that unfolded in 2016 are likely to continue to affect senior level decision making processes in the foreseeable future as the global economy moves toward a period of heightened uncertainty.
Under the Radar: How Myanmar created a telco boom
In only three years Myanmar’s telco sector has become the largest driver of FDI in the country, with international companies scrambling to enter the market.
Future Generator: Positive UK media coverage will continue for the next two weeks
EE’s data analytics platform projects that media sentiment towards the UK and Brexit will remain positive over the next two weeks.
Thailand’s new king faces off against junta
King Rama X’s refusal to give royal assent to the junta penned constitution highlights the risk of a growing rift between monarch and military in Thailand.
Africa going off the grid
Despite President Obama’s Power Africa strategy falling short of its goal of 30,000 megawatts of new and clean power generation, African alternative energy initiatives are lighting up the continent.
2017 Preview: The lira and Turkey’s risky debt
The economic and political problems that Turkey faced over the past year are unlikely to disappear, and may become more acute.
2017 Preview: A new red star over China – Part 2: China and the world
Part two of a two-part look at what is in store for China in 2017. China’s catch-22 – being a ‘responsible stakeholder’, while tending towards isolation.
2017 Preview: Oman threatened as risks multiply
While Oman has so far managed to weather the storm of violence and instability gripping much of the Middle East, 2017 will present a range of challenges that threaten to undermine the country.
