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Huawei at the centre of Spanish security—will Madrid pay the price of trust?

EU The Editorial Board - July 13, 2025.

On 11 July, the Ministry of the Interior of Spain signed a contract worth 12.3 million euros with Huawei for the maintenance and management of...

Layoffs at the U.S. State Department - between savings and damage to American global influence

US TA | AP Insight - July 12, 2025.

Major staff reductions will affect more than 300 offices and departments of the US diplomatic service. The administration believes it will increase efficiency, but critics...

Europe fears nothing more than genuine independence

EU Zaki Laïdi - July 12, 2025.

Just days after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte hailed the alliance’s summit in The Hague as an unqualified success, the United States halted a planned shipment...

The cash brokers have become the masters of life in Gaza

Middle East TA | AP Insight - July 11, 2025.

After most of the banks in Gaza closed in the early days of the war, those with large reserves of cash suddenly had immense power....

Houthis remind the region they cannot be ignored

Middle East Sharmila Devi - July 11, 2025.

A resumption of attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on commercial shipping in the Red Sea this week has focused attention on yet another festering sore...

Starmer and Macron sweep Brexit under the carpet

UK Ferry Biedermann - July 10, 2025.

The crisis of confidence in politics is accepted as a given on many sides of the political divide. Particularly those who want to stop the...

“One Big Beautiful Bill” - When Ideology Trumps Economic Interests

US Dani Rodrik - July 9, 2025.

Among the disasters of US President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” one is particularly stinging for political economists. The bill radically phases out the...

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