Europe
Future Generator: Good news ahead for Europe
EE’s data analytics platform projects that media sentiment towards Europe will turn positive over the next three weeks.
New bridges across the Mediterranean
Despite regional security and political challenges trade trends between the EU and southern Mediterranean countries has improved over the last decade.
Future Generator: Media sentiment towards Spain to turn negative through January
GRI use EE’s data analytics platform to project that media sentiment towards Spain will turn negative for political and economic reasons.
Europe beware! Islamic State to switch tactics in Europe in 2017
As the Islamic State loses territory in Syria and Iraq, the radical Islamist group is likely to increase its focus on foreign operations leading to a heightened terrorist threat in Europe for 2017.
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.
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.
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: Europe’s security and political risk outlook
With 2017 fast approaching, Europe and the EU will likely continue to be exposed to a range of security, financial and political risks.
Assessing the outcome of the “Hot Springs Summit”
Despite a lack of breakthrough on the return of the Kuril Islands, Abe likely came away with more to help Japan in light of its interests down the road.
Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan: future EU members?
The European Union has eyed the South Caucasus for the past two decades. After successful expansion to parts of Eastern Europe, GRI asks: could the South Caucasus could be next?
