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India's Path to Energy Independence: Reality or Illusion?
India's thorium strategy aims at reducing its dependence on imported uranium and foreign nuclear technology, argues Emma Együd
3 hrs ago • Emma Együd
NATO Knows How It Wants to Win. But Can It?
⁠NATO has a Theory of Victory against Russia. But does it have what it takes to win?
Oct 26 • Viola Palmiotto
Why do Kenya and Germany double down on their relationship?
Germany’s growing security partnership with Kenya raises the question of whether cooperation follows Kenyan priorities or gives Germany greater…
Oct 24 • Immanuel Kleinschmidt
Saudi Arabia Caught up in a Quagmire of Yemen: The Risks Ahead
Three months after the 13 July Iranian Mahan flight crisis, in which the Saudis bombarded Sana’a airport to prevent the aircraft from landing, Yemen has…
Oct 22 • Michail.Masaoutis
China's 15th Five-Year Plan: Source of Global Imbalance or Driver of Tech Modernization?
Beijing wants its state enterprises to lead in technology, but weak consumption and export overcapacity threaten the model.
Oct 20 • Chiara Mietto
Saudi Arabia and the UAE: Rivals or Enemies?
Once closely aligned on regional security, Saudi Arabia and the UAE now find themselves pursuing competing ambitions in Yemen, Sudan and beyond, testing…
Oct 15 • Viola Palmiotto
1. Trump after the Midtems: Capriciousness waiting for Iran, Israel & Europe?
Trust in the US will never fully recover, not even under a Democratic victory
Oct 14 • The HIG News
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Can ASEAN Set Its Own AI Governance Norms?
When it comes to AI, ASEAN may be at a fulcrum. The tension is rising, but can the bloc’s AI Governance and structural foundation they set keep up under…
Oct 13 • Francesca Villanueva
The Missing Survivors: Men and Boys as Victims of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Male survivors of CRSV remain largely invisible in data and accountability systems, not because the violence is absent, but because stigma, masculinity…
Oct 9 • Immanuel Kleinschmidt
Signed, sealed, delivered? Making sense of the Denmark-US-Greenland Agreement
Though the final agreement is sensible in security terms, the process leading up to it was arguably harmful and full of unnecessary hostilities
Oct 8 • Niels Arkenbosch
War in Sudan: Another battlefront between the UAE and Saudi Arabia?
Foreign involvement in Sudan fuels the conflict and is dictated by similar strategic logics.
Oct 7 • Niels Arkenbosch
Three quiet signs the US hasn't abandoned Ukraine
By Geopolitical Analyst Maarten Muns
Oct 6 • HIG Guest Writer
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