Your World In Focus

KEY INSIGHTS The Lawrence Bishnoi network is one of India’s most prominent and violent organized-crime groups, using extortion, contract killings, and transnational operations to expand its influence beyond India. As

KEY INSIGHTS The Black Sea remains a high-risk environment for commercial shipping as naval mines, collateral damage, drifting ordnance, and targeted Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian “shadow fleet” tankers increase

KEY INSIGHTS The war in Gaza precipitated a rise in activism and ethnic tensions across the United Kingdom. The British government aims to tame rising antisemitism and Islamophobia through rebalancing

KEY INSIGHTS Cambodia has become a major hotspot for organized crime in Southeast Asia, where weak oversight and rapid economic expansion have enabled cyber-fraud networks, trafficking operations, and criminal groups

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