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By lens · 46 takes across the edition

Journal of Democracy (The Autocrat-in-Training, 2024) · North Africa · Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Egypt)

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Stack Overflow Blog · global · AI Coding and Developer Tools

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Institut Montaigne · Europe · Ali Khamenei (Iran)

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Crunchbase News · United States · Austin, Texas (tech hub)

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ISS Africa · Africa · Bola Tinubu (Nigeria)

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Council on Foreign Relations · Sub-Saharan Africa · Centre vs the States

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PRS Legislative Research · South Asia · Centre vs the States

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KeepTrack · United States · China's Orbital Launch Program

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Foreign Policy Research Institute · Eurasia · Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)

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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies · United Kingdom · Dubai Crude

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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP Comment C 44, October 2024) · Europe · The Far Right, Mainstreamed

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Georgetown Security Studies Review · Ukraine · FPV Drones

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National Defense Magazine · United States · FPV Drones

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Foreign Policy · north-america · Friedrich Merz

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iCapital: Investment Essentials, Late-Stage Venture Capital · United States · Growth / Late-Stage Venture Capital

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Fortune: Unicorns are flush with cash and stuck (March 2026) · United States · Growth / Late-Stage Venture Capital

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Bretton Woods Project · Sub-Saharan Africa · Kenya

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GEOPOL · Global · The Kerch Strait

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Jamestown Foundation · United States · The Kerch Strait

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EJIL: Talk! · Global · The Kerch Strait

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The Legal 500, Thought Leadership: Niobium as a Geostrategic Pillar · Global · Niobium

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Harvard Business School (case study) · North America · Paris Saint-Germain

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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living · Middle East · Saudi Pro League

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UN News · global · Sports corruption

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Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) · Europe · Stockholm / Nordics

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The Washington Institute for Near East Policy · Middle East · The Strait of Tiran

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Arab Center Washington DC · Middle East · The Strait of Tiran

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BESA Center for Strategic Studies · Middle East · The Strait of Tiran

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Russia / Global · Strongman Succession

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Foreign Affairs · Global · Strongman Succession

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ACLED, Two Years of War in Sudan · Africa · Sudan's Civil War

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Global Taiwan Institute · United States · Taiwan's Submarine Cable Network

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Ketagalan Media · Taiwan · Taiwan's Submarine Cable Network

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CSIS ChinaPower Project · United States · Taiwan Strait

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Global Taiwan Institute · United States · Taiwan Strait

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Lowy Institute (The Interpreter) · Australia · Thailand–Cambodia

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IMF World Economic Outlook 2025, Chapter 3 on Industrial Policy · global · Industrial policy and subsidies: the global race to pick winners

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Atlantic Council Geoeconomics Center · United States · Tariff fronts: the six bilateral trade confrontations shaping world commerce

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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies · UK · EU Gas (TTF)

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Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (Tunisia 2025 Financial Gambles) · North Africa · Tunisia

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Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) · europe · Ursula von der Leyen

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Peterson Institute for International Economics · United States · US–China Trade

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Human Rights Watch · Global · Viktor Orbán (Hungary)

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Freedom House (Freedom in the World, Hungary) · Europe · Viktor Orbán (Hungary)

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ACLED · Sub-Saharan Africa · William Ruto (Kenya)

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