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Europe’s military industry and defence suffer as drone project is scrapped
EUROPE should have learned lessons from its experience in the Libyan civil war in 2011. This was a conflict on its doorstep which needed [...]
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Why Egypt faces an energy crisisMatching education to the needs of Europe’s business
EDUCATION should be conceived as an industry striving to provide young people with the ability to learn and to accept risk. The youth have [...]
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Japan’s Line overtakes Facebook and Twitter
JAPAN’S earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in March 2011 was the driver behind a smartphone application which is now rivalling Facebook [...]
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Japan’s nuclear reprocessing plant raises Asia Pacific tension
JAPAN’S plan to start up a large-scale nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho has raised serious concerns in the United States, South [...]
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Peace is fragile in divided Mali
WHILE the armed conflict in Mali has been won on the ground, particularly through the intervention of the French military, the political [...]
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Robert Mugabe hopes for another election victory in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has been living under a one-party state, dominated by Robert Mugabe and the Zanu-PF power elite, for the past three decades. After [...]
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Pakistan new government to tread warily over US relations
A TRIUMPHANT Nawaz Sharif takes office – for the third time – as Pakistan’s prime minister, and top of his agenda will be the changing [...]
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Brazil’s runaway economy slows down
THE MOST recent figures for Brazil’s economic growth are a far cry from the heady days when international analysts hailed the South American [...]
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French President Francois Hollande takes German economic lessons
FRENCH President Francois Hollande promised more leftist policies when he campaigned for the presidency early in 2012 on a message of [...]
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Russia’s Far East gets a financial boost
THE RAPID rise of China has seen the Asia Pacific region emerge as the true powerhouse of the global economy and as the centerpiece in the [...]
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Japan’s domestic energy industry faces new challenges
JAPAN’S nuclear industry has been remarkably successful in regaining international stature by closing a big deal with Turkey. But prospects [...]
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Egypt economy drained by 'generous' energy subsidies
THE Egyptian economy and its energy sector are in crisis. Since the uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt continues to [...]
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Russia pins its economic hopes on Rosneft
A NEW star is rising in the global energy game. On March 21, 2013, at 1553 Moscow time, state-owned energy giant Rosneft completed the [...]
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Russia’s military threat recedes despite rearmament
DOES Russia pose a military threat, and if so, to whom? Fears are increasing that Moscow has not relinquished dreams of a return to its [...]
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The risks from space to 21st century technology
THE Sun emits a constant stream of particles into space. The power of this ‘solar wind’ activity can vary significantly and is continuously [...]
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Belarus exercises highlight tension between Russia and Nato
CONFIRMATION that Russia and Belarus will conduct joint military exercises in September 2013, titled Zapad (West)-2013, sparked concern in [...]
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