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Saudi Arabia’s ‘Programme HQ’: Can Riyadh rival Dubai as a business hub?
In the pre-pandemic days of globalisation, countries competing in emerging markets were often engaged in a "race to the bottom" to attract multinational companies, which typic...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Technology & National Security
Huawei’s Highway to Success Goes Through RussiaThe year 2020 was a difficult one for Huawei. In August, the Trump administration imposed new restrictions aimed at depriving Huawei access to computer chips made with U.S. te...
By Samuel Bendett
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Joe Biden enlists ‘Quad’ allies to counter China
President Joe Biden is poised to hold the first ever quadrilateral US summit with the leaders of Japan, India and Australia, as the four countries step up co-operation in an e...
By Lisa Curtis
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North Korea is the most isolated country on the planet, but it still finds ways to steal billions of dollars
Heavy sanctions, imposed by both the US and the UN, prevent North Korea from participating in the formal global economy. The regime often circumvents these sanctions, mostly t...
By Jason Bartlett
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Technology & National Security
Could Your Electric Vehicle Be Sabotaged?Just as the United States and its companies are pushing to electrify transportation, the nascent industry faces a new threat: In an apparent new form of brinkmanship, leading ...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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Biden’s Russia, Saudi Sanctions Spark Grumblings of Weakness
Twice in the last week, the U.S. announced new sanctions against Russia and Saudi Arabia over what it called human rights abuses. Twice, critics said President Joe Biden pulle...
By John Hughes
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Biden pressed for tough response to China’s repression of Uighurs
US lawmakers and human rights activists are pressing Joe Biden to make a tough response to China’s repression of 1m Uighurs in Xinjiang, which Antony Blinken, secretary of sta...
By David Shullman
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China Charges Ahead With a National Digital Currency
Annabelle Huang recently won a government lottery to try China’s latest economics experiment: a national digital currency. After joining the lottery through the social media a...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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How Biden’s best-laid plans for Iran and Saudi Arabia failed in his first month
President Joe Biden’s first month handling Iran and Saudi Arabia shows the new administration has succumbed to a classic problem: Initial plans and promises made during a camp...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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Technology & National Security
AI panel urges US to boost tech skills amid China's riseAn artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing “AI-enabled” weap...
By Megan Lamberth
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Technology & National Security
U.S. Enlists Allies to Counter China’s Technology PushPresident Biden portrays U.S. relations with China as a clash of values: democracy vs. autocracy. But his rhetoric obscures the administration’s more pragmatic approach of cob...
By Martijn Rasser
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Team Biden About to Start Its First Talks With the Taliban
President Biden’s Afghanistan negotiator has begun a diplomatic trip that will include the first meeting of the new administration with the Taliban, sources familiar confirmed...
By Lisa Curtis & Christopher D. Kolenda
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Biden ordered airstrike after determining Iran supported rocket attacks
President Joe Biden’s decision to order a U.S. airstrike on a border crossing used by Iran-backed militia groups in eastern Syria on Thursday came after U.S. officials determi...
By Becca Wasser
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U.S. report on Jamal Khashoggi killing likely to worsen relations with Saudis
The Biden administration is expected to soon release an unclassified intelligence report establishing that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, directed the killi...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden seeks common front with Europe to counter China, Russia
United States President Joe Biden breathed new life into the transatlantic alliance in his first address to a global audience on Friday. He declared that America had returned ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Biden looks to rebuild U.S. ties to Europe damaged under Trump, but mistrust lingers
For President Biden, rebuilding U.S. ties with Europe damaged by four years of Donald Trump's contentious leadership is a top priority. "Let me erase any lingering doubt,” Bid...
By Carisa Nietsche
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Defense / Middle East Security
Biden looks to recalibrate relationship with Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanAs a candidate, Joe Biden branded Saudi Arabia a “pariah” state which must be punished for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the killing of civilians in airstrikes ...
By Becca Wasser
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Declaring ‘America is back,’ Biden tries to regain Europe’s trust
President Biden tried to reassure U.S. allies Friday that he is turning the page on his predecessor’s “America first” approach, and restoring a foreign policy that values coop...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden’s Plan to Link Arms With Europe Against Russia and China Isn’t So Simple
Two weeks after President Biden’s inauguration, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, spoke publicly about the importance of dialogue with Moscow, saying that Russia is a part ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Virtual Control: The Agenda Behind China's New Digital Currency
Celebrations to mark the lunar new year of the Ox, which began on February 12, have been somewhat muted because of the coronavirus pandemic. The numbers of people traveling to...
By Emily Jin