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Dutch decisions: mapping the business implications of the Netherlands’ elections

The Dutch elections are fertile ground for new coalition-building – there will be no outright majority. Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) continues to hold the lead, having demonstrated a degree of permanence in government. However, Rutte resigned in July after he failed to keep the current government coalition …

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Malaysia’s audacious push for a new trading bloc

The new trade corridor agreement championed by Malaysia marks a pivotal moment in regional trade history, with its impact expected to reverberate far beyond the member countries involved. Operating together, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) represent economic abundance and vitality. ASEAN, with its broad manufacturing digital marketplace, …

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Countering the Shadows: Tackling the escalating Iranian terrorist threat in the UK and EU

The European Union (EU) is having sleepless nights over the increasing threat of in-country terror attacks, instigated by groups such as ISIS, Jihadists, and the controversial Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp in Iran. The threat The terror group ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) dates back to 2004 and was formed from the Sunni terror …

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BRICS sees G7 policies as counter-productive… and they’re right!

On 1 June, the current foreign ministers of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are due to meet in Cape Town, hosted by Naledi Pandor, the South African Minister of International Relations and Co-operation. Following South Africa’s assumption of the chairmanship of BRICS on 1 January this year, the 15th BRICS …

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The EU: House of Cards?

The gloss of the EU utopian ideal has well and truly tarnished. The EU-project has now come to mean very different things to different people. The Union now covers 27 countries, a combined population of around 447 million and a hugely diverse mix of cultures, nationalities, and social and economic circumstances. A white-collar worker in …

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