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Belgium and Russia: More than a Mere footnote?

Articles / Belgium, China, Due Diligence, Europe, Russia, Sanctions / 11/2022

The death of Russian budget supermarket, Mere, in Belgium, just four months after opening can be read either as a cautionary tale of stunningly misreading the public mood on the part of the owners or a surprise that, given the strength of public feeling across Europe to Russian business, it took so long. Either way, [...]

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Erdogan and Turkey: Far from a fairy tale?

Articles / China, Due Diligence, Erdogan, Europe, Russia, Turkey / 11/2022

Amid the war in Ukraine, and the general global climate of instability, it is easy to forget that not so long ago, a military coup was attempted on the edges of Europe. In 2016, a group of elites in Turkey tried to overthrow the Erdogan government on the basis that its retreat from secularism and

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Cyber Security in the Workplace

Articles / China, Cyber Security, Cyber-attacks, Cybercrime, Due Diligence, Russia / 10/2022

IT vs Cybersecurity: Not where the battle lies Information technology (IT) is concerned with the storage and transmission of digital information. Cyber-security is the protection of the same: both the information, and the means by which it is stored or transmitted. It is crucial that the two are never seen as ‘at odds’ with each

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NEWS RELEASE – China

KCS Group Asia News / China / 10/2022

KCS Group Europe (KCSGE) says that an expanded BRICS trading bloc, dominated by Beijing, is being promoted as a real alternative to the G7 and raises major concerns for the West. ‏‏Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Argentina have applied for membership. BRICS is currently comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. ‏ ‏Together with

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China, Taiwan, and the dance of the dragon

Articles / China, President Xi, Taiwan / 10/2022

It is commonly accepted that democracies do not go to war with one another. There is, however, much less consensus about what happens when one superpower wages a virtual war on the world, and another would rather it did not. This can be seen right now with Russia’s war in Ukraine, and China’s less-than-warm response.

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Ukraine: The Great Sham Referenda

Articles / China, Due Diligence, Putin, Russia, Ukraine / 10/2022

Russia is staging referenda in four occupied regions of Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaropizhzhia. By ‘proving’ that the majority of citizens wish to be a part of Russia, Putin hopes to legitimise his invasion, as he did in Crimea in 2014. The voting in the so-called republics of Donetsk and Luhansk was announced

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Saudi Arabia: End of an era?

Articles / China, Due Diligence, Russia, Saudi, US-Saudi / 09/2022

Is one of global politics’ most special relationships about to come to an end? Not the one between the USA and UK, but between America and Saudi Arabia. For decades, these two have been close allies on everything from global oil stability to facing down Iran, a relationship not even 9/11 could interrupt. Now, though,

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The magician’s apprentice

Articles / China, Due Diligence, new world order, Russia, Saudi oil, United nations, USA / 09/2022

Dividing lines are all around us, even when we prefer not to see them. The reality of the United Nations contradicts its name, the politicisation of migrants and refugees erects divisions in the mind just as it does in physical terms, and the rising disparity between the rich and the poor (both at individual and

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Threats to world peace: Made in China

Articles / China, Corruption, Due Diligence, Global Threats, Russia:Ukraine conflict / 09/2022

While Russia is public enemy number one due to its invasion of Ukraine – and understandably so – there is a risk that other bad actors will slip under the radar as the Russian bogeyman dominates the international conversation. This is a risk confidently met by the heads of MI5 and the FBI who, in

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China and Russia: Moving mountains

Articles / China, Due Diligence, Geopolitics, Russia, USA, Western world / 09/2022

A summit is an appropriate place to talk of mountains, and so Beijing’s description of the Russia-China partnership as, at the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Samarkand, ‘stable as mountains’ is appropriate, if not entirely true. China has thus far been one of Russia’s few credible allies as the latter’s war in Ukraine stretches

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