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Realigning US-Saudi relations for the AI era (Mohammed Soliman – Middle East Institute)

As Saudi Arabia accelerates its transformation into a global technology powerhouse, the United States has a pivotal opportunity to redefine its partnership with the...

China’s Strategic Control Over Rare Earths: Global Supply Chain Implications (Neha Mishra, Observer Research Foundation)

The import dependence of the democratic world on China's Rare Earth Elements (REEs) poses significant geopolitical, environmental, and ethical challenges, as highlighted by the...

Sahel’s strategic drift towards Russia (Samir Bhattacharya – Observer Research Foundation)

While US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are resetting the global trading order, Africa is recalibrating its alliance with the West to move closer to...

State of AI startups: An India story (Debajyoti Chakravarty – Observer Research Foundation)

“The world acknowledges that Artificial Intelligence (AI) means India’s upper hand. Now, our job is not to miss the opportunity.”. These are the words...

Ransomware attacks on food and agriculture industry have doubled in 2025 (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

Ransomware gangs have long targeted the food and agriculture industry, but seemed to have ramped up attacks in 2025. Jonathan Braley, director of cyber information...

Russia and North Korea’s Partnership: A Rising Concern for Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Shravishtha Ajaykumar – Observer Research Foundation)

In December 2024, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) and Russia signed a mutual defence treaty, representing a new level...

Watching China in Europe—May 2025 (Noah Barkin – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

Next week a new German government led by conservative Friedrich Merz will be sworn in. As I’ve argued on these pages for years, Germany...

India’s Trade Shift Towards the Global North (Marilyn Kwan Kharkongor – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

India is accelerating its shift toward trade with the Global North through a series of strategic agreements with the US, UK, EU, Australia, and...

Africa’s Used Vehicle Dependency: A Complicated Double-Edged Phenomenon (Festival Godwin Boateng, Gaurav Mittal – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Discussions on the consequences of vehicle end-of-life offshore to Africa need to move beyond the traditional focus on major OECD vehicle exporters and four-wheelers....

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