KEY INSIGHTS The inauguration of the Simandou project presents significant economic opportunities for Guinea and serves as a powerful political asset for General Doumbouya ahead of the 2025 elections. Yet,
KEY INSIGHTS Nigeria’s last six months showed a pattern of church-adjacent abductions, road ambushes, and village raids affecting Christian communities as part of the country’s broader security challenge. An open
KEY INSIGHTS Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has reemerged as a significant threat in post-Assad Syria, exploiting the fluid security environment to rebuild its ranks, seize abandoned weapons,
KEY INSIGHTS The Asia-Pacific region faces some of the most destructive natural disasters with typhoons, earthquakes, and floods, disrupting critical infrastructure, transportation networks, and supply chains. Combined with this is
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
