KEY INSIGHTS Africa’s youthful societies are increasingly at odds with aging, entrenched rulers, making succession a key source of political fragility. Highly personalized regimes and weak institutions amplify risks of
KEY INSIGHTS Since early September 2025, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) imposed a coordinated fuel and transport blockade across Mali, disrupting routes to Senegal, Mauritania, and Côte d’Ivoire. The campaign
KEY INSIGHTS The Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement, signed on September 17, 2025, institutionalized Riyadh and Islamabad’s long-standing military cooperation, ensures mutual defense against aggression, and signals Riyadh’s intent
KEY INSIGHTS Ethiopia is facing its first confirmed outbreak of Marburg virus, with at least eight laboratory-confirmed cases and five deaths in the South Ethiopia Region. The outbreak occurs amid
KEY INSIGHTS China’s 15th Five-Year Plan reaffirmed President Xi Jinping’s emphasis on stability, self-reliance, and national security. While Beijing reiterated the importance of Western investment, the growing emphasis on control
KEY INSIGHTS The ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has devastated infrastructure, displaced 13 million people, and left El Fasher at the
KEY INSIGHTS The Mapuche conflict in Chile and Argentina continues to escalate amid diverging government approaches. Argentina’s repeal of Indigenous land protections and designation of the Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche (RAM)
KEY INSIGHTS Pakistan is facing an intensifying security crisis as insurgencies in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa escalate. Violence in 2025 has surged to its highest level in years, driven by
KEY INSIGHTS Thailand and Cambodia experienced a renewed conflict along their disputed border on 28 May 2025, rooted in historical territorial disputes, nationalist rhetoric, and unresolved claims over sites. Periodic
